I have to make a disclaimer first: I don’t sail any longer in the area or conditions that would give me a personal experience or exposure to such conditions, but...
If you read e.g. the “Surviving the Storm” by Steve and Linda Dashew you can find there some interesting observations on how to be seen. They claim, based on comments form Coast Guard fliers that most of the lights onboard can be visible (in heavy conditions – overcast, rain etc.) from only about 100 –150 m above the surface. If you fly higher (and you normally do), you want something that is visible higher. This probably means some parachute flares and orange smoke flares (for daylight). One may buy the strobe light as a way to pass the Coast Guard inspection, but one may want to keep some flares in case of a real emergency. Maybe this is a suspenders and a belt approach, but you want to really easily visible if you are in distress. just a thought... Marek From: Indigo via CnC-List Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2015 6:04 AM To: [email protected] Cc: Indigo Subject: Re: Stus-List SOS light flare replacement I just checked this out with a friend who is intimately familiar with uscg regs. (He runs Safe Boating course in CT). This is what he told me. "I have not seen it myself but I would not be surprised if it was acceptable because it is really just an approved SOS night signal. The orange flag acts as the day signal. See below link indicating that the SOS light is an approved night signal. The new twist is the LED light. http://www.uscg.mil/hq/cg5/cg5214/vds.asp Personally I would not want to rely on an orange flag during the day to attract help so would be buying orange smoke flares - so might as well buy the flares approved for day and night !! -- Jonathan Indigo C&C 35III SOUTHPORT CT On Aug 26, 2015, at 08:07, PME via CnC-List <[email protected]> wrote: Hi, Is anyone familiar with the Sirius Signal SOS Distress light? The claim is that it complies with USCG requirements replacing flares, and that it does not expire. I just read about it from an Active Captain post which includes a Defender link for those interested: http://www.defender.com/activecaptain.jsp I would be interested of anyones experience with these. Thanks. - Paul E. 1981 C&C Landfall 38 S/V Johanna Rose Carrabelle, FL _______________________________________________ Email address: [email protected] To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the bottom of page at: http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Email address: [email protected] To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the bottom of page at: http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com
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