Ryk wrote in
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cold fresh water

One well-inspected and repacked life raft.
One well-packed ditch bag
One 406 Mhz GPS-enhanced EPIRB, automatic energizing.
http://www.sarsat.noaa.gov/beacon.html
http://www.equipped.com/406testing.htm
http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/marcomms/gmdss/epirb.htm

Here's the one on our ditchbag:
http://www.anchorexpress.com/2744-jacket.html
Hmm....street price has gone up with dollar's constant devaluation....

with the GPS, it'll tell 'em within 3 ft of ITS location. The helo homes
in on that and the 121.5 Mhz tiny beacon in close.

What's the family's life worth, anyway? My big PC monitor is about this
price.