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Title: In the news...
Post by: w00dy on January 30, 2016, 10:26:59 AM
Have you read about these guys?

http://www.pbo.co.uk/news/nine-lifeboat-rescues-is-grossly-exaggerated-says-nora-skipper-26148

Apparently they've been catching heck in the media. Another example of why I hope to never become famous.
Title: Re: In the news...
Post by: SeaHusky on January 30, 2016, 02:09:08 PM
QuoteWell nine calls but only three were real rescues...
We?ve probably covered this before but many times I read in different forums that to go offsore, the first thing you need to buy is an EPIRB.
Here is another, unrelated but similar, news I got from a friend in Island.
http://grapevine.is/news/2015/12/30/british-adventurers-rescued-for-3rd-time-in-single-trip-across-iceland/ (http://grapevine.is/news/2015/12/30/british-adventurers-rescued-for-3rd-time-in-single-trip-across-iceland/)