I'm curious--How Many Have an EPIRB?

[Chiliando]

PLg w/GPS, Handheld floating VHF/GPS. Handdeld GPS, Ditchbag

[fins2yaa]

I don't have one--yet. Have thought about it.

Just curious--how many here have one?

And how many don't?

[roadkill]

Since we are heading to Hatteras for a week we picked up a new Mc Murdo EPRIB last week. Just hope we don't have to use it.

[CaptnC]

No EPIRB yet but am shopping around now, hope a Power Buy for EPIRB's come about Soon!

I just bought this one a couple weeks ago.

http://www.starmarinedepot.com/McMurdo+Sma...+G5+CAT+II.html

It was within $15 of anyone. The ditch bag is pretty nice too!

The deal with the football players sealed the deal with me. I run out into the western gulf 100nmiles at times and I feel I have been very luck to not have had any problems. We don't enjoy the flat seas the eastern gulf does...it stays pretty nasty most of the year here off the Texas coast. Our average seas the last month have been around 6 foot. It wouldn't take long if those seas blew up on you to join those football players!

[fishie1]

EPIRB, 6 man raft, ditch bag with handheld VHF and GPS, first aid kit, meds, water, line, etc.

[ChrisF]

No epirb yet, but have a GPS enabled handheld VHF w/ DSC. Most of my boating is within VHF range of shore......well within VHF range of shore using my fixed mount radio w/ the external antenna mounted on the hardtop.

I'm not sure I could get through to shore-based CG station using the handheld from the water's surface 20 miles out. Typically, I don't think you can count on much more than 5 miles out of a handheld. At least I could hail a rescue plane if they flew overhead. Also I suspect the DSC has a little better range than voice traffic since it's a digital burst transmission and thus is less suseptible to noise.

An epirb is definately on my wish list though....

[petrel]

GPS Epirb on the boat and a GPS PLB on the ditch bag.

[Tuna Man]

EPIRB, 6 man raft, ditch bag with handheld VHF and GPS, first aid kit, water, rope, etc. I guess I should add food as some of my crew members like to eat if you know what I mean...

[shameless]

yes i have a epirb and also upgraded to all type one offshore jackets. also added a few things to my ditchbag and finally hooked my vhf to the gps and actually registered the thing.

[Asailvr]

No EBIRP but did pick up a SPOT

cheap at boaters world. Just need to activate.