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wdmso
01-08-2021, 09:10 AM
Looking at getting an epirb with GPS cat 2

Iam I over thinking this

Nebe
01-08-2021, 12:25 PM
I think you’d be be better off keeping a spot personal beacon on an inflatable PFD that you always wear.
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wdmso
01-08-2021, 03:05 PM
I think you’d be be better off keeping a spot personal beacon on an inflatable PFD that you always wear.
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Was thinking that i could cover days i am alone and with others yet a better model is only 100 bucks more than a personal with better location accuracy. Or a Mob+ Wireless Man-Overboard Cutoff Switch
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Nebe
01-08-2021, 04:00 PM
If you are by yourself, a fancy boat mounted epirb is useless if you fall overboard.
That’s just my thoughts as an offshore sailor. There could be some fishing minded Epirbs out there that I don’t know about
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clambo
01-08-2021, 04:23 PM
Just my 2 cents. Epirb is great if you can stay near it. Plb is small enough to have on you. I would much prefer to have them find me than the boat just saying.

Sea Dangles
01-08-2021, 06:47 PM
Neither would be considered essential unless you are offshore

wdmso
01-09-2021, 10:28 AM
Neither would be considered essential unless you are offshore

The claw and a corner of the dump is offshore for me , but once a year maybe

So personal one might be the better
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clambo
01-10-2021, 06:18 PM
no power, wind blowing me out, no boats around I would deploy PLB well before I hit the lanes where the big boys are