"StarWindSurfer" wrote in message
ps.com...
I agree, for practice, but it seems that it could be helpfull in a real
situation, if you didnt have to screw it down, if it were a orientation
trigger, like the EPIRBs so all youd have to do is pick it up and toss
it and the light came on... (but, of course, it isnt)


Yeh.. then its most likely too flimsy to last on deck for the long periods
required for something like that. It kind of reminds me of the Sailing boat
Clothes Line. At first glance it appears a good idea. Then the more and more
you think about it, it becomes rediculous. Boat shows are full of whacky
things like this every year. Its surprising how few make it..

DP