Emergency Distress when out nowhere

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Re: Emergency Distress when out nowhere

Post by flutch » 08 May 2019, 7:30 pm

personal epirb and or sat phone, epirb will ALWAYS bring the cavalry, where as there is no guarantee you will be able to use the sat phone sufficiently.
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Re: Emergency Distress when out nowhere

Post by YoungBuck » 09 May 2019, 12:51 pm

flutch wrote:personal epirb and or sat phone, epirb will ALWAYS bring the cavalry, where as there is no guarantee you will be able to use the sat phone sufficiently.

Only when out doing marine activities... epirbs are for the water.
PLBs are for land.
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Re: Emergency Distress when out nowhere

Post by flutch » 09 May 2019, 12:55 pm

YoungBuck wrote:
flutch wrote:personal epirb and or sat phone, epirb will ALWAYS bring the cavalry, where as there is no guarantee you will be able to use the sat phone sufficiently.

Only when out doing marine activities... epirbs are for the water.
PLBs are for land.



f*** alright s**t sake, you know what I meant...
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Re: Emergency Distress when out nowhere

Post by YoungBuck » 09 May 2019, 4:53 pm

flutch wrote:
YoungBuck wrote:
flutch wrote:personal epirb and or sat phone, epirb will ALWAYS bring the cavalry, where as there is no guarantee you will be able to use the sat phone sufficiently.

Only when out doing marine activities... epirbs are for the water.
PLBs are for land.



f*** alright s**t sake, you know what I meant...

No offense intended and not trying to correct you just to be a c*nt but you would be surprised at the amount of people who don't know the difference and think epirb is for all scenarios.
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Re: Emergency Distress when out nowhere

Post by TassieTiger » 09 May 2019, 6:01 pm

So why are kayakers recommended to utilise a PLB - not an EPIRB?

Sorry...maybe I am being a cun lol.
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Re: Emergency Distress when out nowhere

Post by JimTom » 09 May 2019, 7:55 pm

They are fundamentally the same. The exception being that one is registered to a vessel and the other to a person, and an EPIRB is designed to float whereas a PLB may not.
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Re: Emergency Distress when out nowhere

Post by YoungBuck » 10 May 2019, 7:38 am

TassieTiger wrote:So why are kayakers recommended to utilise a PLB - not an EPIRB?

Sorry...maybe I am being a cun lol.

Generally < 2 nautical miles from land. PLB recommended.
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Re: Emergency Distress when out nowhere

Post by Bent Arrow » 10 May 2019, 8:53 am

The idea that EPIRBS are just for boats, and PLB's are just for on land is a misdirection. For boats that are offshore, the legal requirement under SOLAS is for an EPIRB. A PLB does not meet that requirement. As explained above, PLB's typically don't float, and because of their compact size, transmit for a much shorter period of time than a EPIRB (typically around half the transmit time). Either can be used to send an SOS on terrestrial or marine situations.

The kicker is this, if you have a PLB on your belt, and you're offshore, your boat still needs an EPIRB to be compliant. Given most kayakers probably don't go offshore, there is no legal requirement for an EPIRB, and the PLB should be attached to the paddler, not the kayak. EPIRB's have automatic activation if submerged, PLB's do not. If you fall out but aren't in imminent danger, you dont want your EPIRB telling the world you need help.......
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