Dan, The inflatable is not safety equipment. If you are going to wait for good weather, I don't think must have a raft, but it is personal preference. Vane Bros. in Baltimore will rent you one for $500. I'd be inclined to rent an EPIRB. Boat US rents them, and Vane Bros. may as well. Battery is much more robust then a PLB. Jacklines, inflatable PFDs with harnesses are a must. Take a look at the saftey checklist here:
http://www.yachtscoring.com/event_documents/1121/A2N%20Cert%20of%20Compliance.pdf Make your own determination of what level of gear you need. Might see you out there during/after the Annapolis/Newport race! Joel On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 2:44 PM, Daniel Sheer via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Advice please. I'm taklng Pegathy from Baltimore to Boston and back in > June. I've got an 8 foot inflatable, a gps based plb (McMurdo FastFind > 210), and a new VHF with an AIS receiver. The only offshore planned is from > Cape May to Block Island. Everything else will be close to shore. Do I need > to bother with a life raft and/or a real epirb? > > Dan Sheer > Pegathy LF 38 > Rock Creek off the Patapsco > > > _______________________________________________ > > Email address: > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the > bottom of page at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com > > > -- Joel 301 541 8551
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