Expired Flares
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Thank you all for your replies and thoughts on this. I'm glad to have the exact citation by Thataway for the CG regulation, that was my understanding but it's good to have the exact info. I like the thoughts about the right combination of types of flare also. I too, like the idea of having "rocket" type shotgun flares but 4 of them is less than thirty seconds, so, I'm going to go with having both types. At some point I'd like to get a laser flare to have in my ditch bag.
Good ideas on where to store them also. Still interested in where and how you store them and do you label the place and etc. Someone out there may have an idea that hasn't been mentioned and it may be the " perfect" place!
Thanks again to everyone for thier thoughts and ideas!!
Good ideas on where to store them also. Still interested in where and how you store them and do you label the place and etc. Someone out there may have an idea that hasn't been mentioned and it may be the " perfect" place!
Thanks again to everyone for thier thoughts and ideas!!
colbysmith
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I keep my "ditch" bag under the table in that small floor compartment on my CD-22. Right on top of anything else in that compartment. If I need it, I simply open the little door and grab it. 
Not a lot in it, other than the flares, and some other emergency items that I might need in coastal boating. (Not any father than 10 miles offshore on inland lakes.) Colby
Not a lot in it, other than the flares, and some other emergency items that I might need in coastal boating. (Not any father than 10 miles offshore on inland lakes.) Colbyjbdba01 Thans for the reminder of the saga of Bill Buttler, and his wife, chronicled in "Last Chance" 1991, and the latest version "66 days adrift". It is truly a story which every offshore sailor should read. The book is a great read, and for those
They survived because of the water maker--luck and skills. At the time they lost their 38 foot LOA, 26 foot LWL, and 9" beam wooden boat after being hit by whales, they did not have an EPIRB. Today most all of us who go even relatively short distances have either a PLB or EPRIB, which would have saved them within days. It may well have been that last flare which finally sent the Coasta Rica CG there way, when a ship came within yards of their raft.
We started carrying the ETL (aircraft distress freq 121.5 MHz--now phased out) in the early 1970's. By 1980 we had a Marine EPRIB, but I suspect it was also 121.5.MHz. By our trip in 1982, we had two early 406 MHz satellite active EPRIB's aboard--one in the companionway of the boat, and the second in the ditch bag, in the raft.
The Personal Locator Beacon became fully operational for World Wide use only in the 2005 era..
They survived because of the water maker--luck and skills. At the time they lost their 38 foot LOA, 26 foot LWL, and 9" beam wooden boat after being hit by whales, they did not have an EPIRB. Today most all of us who go even relatively short distances have either a PLB or EPRIB, which would have saved them within days. It may well have been that last flare which finally sent the Coasta Rica CG there way, when a ship came within yards of their raft.
We started carrying the ETL (aircraft distress freq 121.5 MHz--now phased out) in the early 1970's. By 1980 we had a Marine EPRIB, but I suspect it was also 121.5.MHz. By our trip in 1982, we had two early 406 MHz satellite active EPRIB's aboard--one in the companionway of the boat, and the second in the ditch bag, in the raft.
The Personal Locator Beacon became fully operational for World Wide use only in the 2005 era..
Michael,
I have enjoyed this thread too and always looking to learn.
I carry both handheld flares and pistol flares, and the current ones are in the emergency canister, Orange, waterproof cylinder stored in the hatch space under the table. It is very likely going to find a different, more accessible spot.
My ditch bag, is a white (Igloo, I think), backpack cooler, with waterproof insulation,(so it will float), and several pockets, and has mostly survival gear, some emergency food, VHF, signaling devices and 2 Orange watch caps and some gloves. This pack sits on the rear seat, port side aft of the table, and ready on the way out the door... just in case.
Harvey
SleepyC:moon
I have enjoyed this thread too and always looking to learn.
I carry both handheld flares and pistol flares, and the current ones are in the emergency canister, Orange, waterproof cylinder stored in the hatch space under the table. It is very likely going to find a different, more accessible spot.
My ditch bag, is a white (Igloo, I think), backpack cooler, with waterproof insulation,(so it will float), and several pockets, and has mostly survival gear, some emergency food, VHF, signaling devices and 2 Orange watch caps and some gloves. This pack sits on the rear seat, port side aft of the table, and ready on the way out the door... just in case.
Harvey
SleepyC:moon