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"Roger Long" wrote:

I also leave the GPS running on the display with the Lat Long and make
sure they know the button that pages to it. I told them to read those
numbers in their Mayday either on the radio or the cell phone which
reaches most areas where we sail.

Crew Training is the responcability of the Skipper, and I, for one,
go over the MayDay Card that is Posted by the radio with each, and
every, person who boards my vessel, BEFORE we untie the lines.....
Every time......


Me

The new VHF radios have a nice red 16 button, and if you are out of
range for the VHF, IMHO: EPRBs are expensive, but should be high on
the list if necessary equipment.
It is a very sad and heart wrenching story.

John
S/V Pangea