Joe, I bought one, mainly to be compliant with the law in case my flares are expired (Amazing how the so-called “expired” flares still work).
I have not used it and, knock on teak, hope to never need to. All the best, Edd Edd M. Schillay Captain of the Starship Enterprise C&C 37+ | Sail No: NCC-1701-B Venice Yacht Club | Venice Island, FL Starship Enterprise's Captain's Log <http://enterpriseb.blogspot.com/> On Jun 24, 2020, at 10:12 AM, Joe Della Barba via CnC-List <[email protected]> wrote: Has anyone gone with the electronic flares? I am driving to Annapolis today to get more SOLAS flares. I could get the electronic flare for the same money and it would last forever, but I just cannot make myself do it. They are a clever way to meet the letter of the law, but I cannot imagine actually succeeding at getting rescued using one. Flares also do triple duty - they are great for lighting you and boat up to avoid being run over and also are great fire starters when you need to get rid of expired ones. * one of the reasons I doubt the blinking light things is long ago at night we had an engine issue and needed TowBoatUS to come out. It was a dark clear windless night and we could see them clear as day. They could not see us, so we turned on our MOB strobe and they still could not see us. Seems that kind of thing just gets lost in the shore lights. OTOH a magnesium white flare lights up half the river :) Joe Coquina _______________________________________________ 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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