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Roanoke Island ,N.C. | While we're at it, why not just allow power boats too?
And airplanes.
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Isak Dinesen
If a man is to be obsessed by something.... I suppose a boat is as good as anything... perhaps a bit better than most.
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Wellington, FL-Singer Island, ... | Ocean sailing is inherently dangerous which is part of the draw. By mandating tracking units on each boat and personal EPIRB's ON each sailor, you will be solving 98% of the worst scenarios. The other 2% can't be eliminated and you should stay home if you don't like it.
I would like to see it as an open race to all boats from 18' to 22' spinnaker equipped. This would actually give me an option to do the race. I am not going to go out and buy a boat to do the race and would not really care to charter one.
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Naples, FL | Am I correct in assuming that once you flip on the EPIRB, you will pretty much be abandoning your vessel?
I don't think the coasties are in the vessel-tow busines, right?
Jay
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Portland, Maine | Am I correct in assuming that once you flip on the EPIRB, you will pretty much be abandoning your vessel?
I don't think the coasties are in the vessel-tow busines, right? Most of the situations in which you activate the EPIRB are due to the fact that for one reason or another, said boat is unavailable to the sailor activating the EPIRB. (Translation: "You dun fell off the dang floatie thing") | | | Re: East Coast endurance race, would you do it?
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Wellington, FL-Singer Island, ... | Am I correct in assuming that once you flip on the EPIRB, you will pretty much be abandoning your vessel?
I don't think the coasties are in the vessel-tow busines, right? You are correct. My statement was the worst case scenario which is loss of life (lost at sea). You can activate the SPOT trackers to send a help message to your road crew. You can also tie your SPOT tracker to automatically contact Boat US if "Help" is pressed. "Basic Membership" is $34/year, "Unlimited Salt Water Towing" is $159/year. Each boat should also have cellphone and VHF radio to coordinate outside assistance, along with other Tybee 500/GT 300 type safety equipment. I was just addressing the safety issue, not the property issue which is of lot lesser concern. If you do this race, you should be prepared to abandon vessel in worst case. If you leave the vessel, you can reset your SPOT to track so you can find the boat again.
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"I said, now, I said ,pay attention boy!"
The cure for anything is salt water - sweat, tears, or the sea
Isak Dinesen
If a man is to be obsessed by something.... I suppose a boat is as good as anything... perhaps a bit better than most.
E. B. White
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Solomon's Island, MD | Alan's ties run deep in the TVS crowd. He already knows who he'll be sailing with (Bailey and me).
So, if this does come to fruition, TVS would probably put a boat on the line. Sailor vs. sailor, not vs. boat.
OD!
Tad, Derek, Ryan, Allie, and Dr. Kate will surely see us up the coast.
Bailey, you dig? You can damn well be sure I'll be putting another TVS boat on the line (and I already have the 2 sailors and ground support team needed to make it happen, they just don't know it yet). I'll run whatever, OD or tricked out N20/F18. Just tell me where the start is and I'll (hopefully) see you at the bar at the finish.
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