No I call to have it repaired and updated and I was advised that the technology was too old and wouldn’t be worth it. So it got crushed.
Mike PERSUASION C&C 37 K/CB Long Sault > On Apr 12, 2018, at 9:31 AM, David via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > ...and re-register it. > > David F. Risch > > Gulf Stream Associates, LLC > > (401) 419-4650 > > > From: CnC-List <cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com> on behalf of Mike via CnC-List > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2018 5:05 PM > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Cc: Mike > Subject: Re: Stus-List EPIRB testing and registration > > Reminds me of the time we were visiting the Etobicoke Yacht Club. We were > getting ready to leave and we kept hearing this beep, beep and couldn’t > figure out where it was coming from. Before we could get away some friends > stopped by and we had a coffee. I ask them if they could hear that annoying > beep. They could but they also could not determine where it was coming from. > While we were enjoying our coffee the DO came knocking and asked if we new > the coast guard was looking for us and apparently everyone on Lake Ontario as > well. We didn’t. He informed us that our EPIRB had gone off . Upon > investigation I found that the little pill that dissolves in water had > deteriorated. I immediately pulled the battery, and hailed the coast guard > tp call off the posse. > > > > What’s amazing is that I had never register the EPRIB when I bought > Persuasion. The coast guard called the previous owner who gave them my name. > > > > So thank you Marek for bringing this to everyone’s attention. > > > > Conclusion; if you have an EPRIB or any other such devise and are not > actively sailing SHUT IT OFF. > > > > Thanks > > Mike > > > > C&C 37 > > Shoal draft > > From: Marek Dziedzic via CnC-List > Sent: April 11, 2018 12:43 PM > To: C&C List > Cc: Marek Dziedzic > Subject: Stus-List EPIRB testing and registration > > > > This might be of interest to some of us. > > > > Apparently there are quite a few false alarms for EPIRB (and similar > systems). there was an interesting blurb regarding this problem at Sail Feed: > > > > https://www.sailfeed.com/2018/04/its-406-epirb-day/?utm_source=sail-enewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=textlink&utm_campaign=enewsletter_SAIL180410 > > > > Marek > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and > every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray >
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