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General Activities => Main Message Board => Topic started by: crieders on November 26, 2017, 10:12:06 AM

Title: EPIRB mounting
Post by: crieders on November 26, 2017, 10:12:06 AM
On our boats, where is the best place to mount the Epirb?
Title: Re: EPIRB mounting
Post by: Fred Koehlmann on November 26, 2017, 12:25:04 PM
What type do you have? Where do you keep your flares? Perhaps there? Do you have an emergency kit, for when you need to evacuate your boat? Perhaps there. If its a personal one, how about on/with your lifejacket. It's no good unless it's with you.
Title: Re: EPIRB mounting
Post by: crieders on November 27, 2017, 09:11:02 AM
a 406.
I keep the flares and jackets in port locker. Can't mount an EPIRB in there. Not enough room
Title: Re: EPIRB mounting
Post by: crieders on November 29, 2017, 06:45:40 AM
No one has an EPIRB?
Title: Re: EPIRB mounting
Post by: Brad Young on November 29, 2017, 08:24:16 AM
We put ours in the aft stateroom. Mounted it behind the handrail of the entrance to The salon. Close but out of the way.  Our ditch bag is behind the stairs.
Title: Re: EPIRB mounting
Post by: Rick Roberts on December 25, 2017, 08:39:57 AM
We have an automatic release Epird and mounted it directly on the stern rail. We take it out of the case when we aren't cruising.