An EPIRB is nice, but a PLB is certainly good enough to get help. As for the raft – if it were a race you would need one. The first time I did that route our “raft” was a Dyer dinghy on the cabin top. This was in 1976 when safety was not really a thing like it is now. We would have been totally f’d if the boat had sunk in anything but flat calm. I would think through the following:
1. Fire 2. Extreme weather 3. Getting run over 4. Structural failure/massive leak Think about how well the dinghy would do for these problems. I think #2 is not real likely, but 1 and 3 would not be good unless the dinghy was ready to go. Joe Della Barba Coquina From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Daniel Sheer via CnC-List Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2015 2:44 PM To: Cnc-list CNC Boat Owners Subject: Stus-List Appropriate safety gear for a trip to Boston 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
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