Watches

South Pacific Familyadventure 2008
Claes Brodin
Sat 8 Mar 2025 21:53
Moreover when we are alone on watch we always carry our PLB 3 (personal locator beacon). In case of man over board,it transmits both AIS signals (range around 4Nm) to the mothership visible on both radar and chartplotter,as well as 24hrs transmitting Mayday to the CospasSarsat satellitesystem where the device is registered. Still to handle man over board out in the ocean is extremely challenging and with a high mortality.