I have both. My thinking is that I only have so many aerial flares and the handheld pyro smoke flares only last so long. If I get someone's attention with the aerial flare or smoke, I can use the strobe device for them to locate me.
I also have one of MarineBeam's LED flashlights which I can aim directly at a vessel. https://store.marinebeam.com/marinebeam-ultra-long-range-led-illuminator-flashlight/ Having said that, my main way to call for help is the DSC VHF radio with GPS location data. -- Dennis C. Touche' 35-1 #83 Mandeville, LA On Wed, Jun 24, 2020 at 9:13 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 :) > > >
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