Marine Flares – More Than Meets the Eye
Imagine, if you can, the confluence of events that would have to take place to leave you with marine flares being your primary method of signaling distress.
Imagine, if you can, the confluence of events that would have to take place to leave you with marine flares being your primary method of signaling distress.
AIS has been a revolutionary product and, regardless of your opinion on its use, has changed the way mates handle heavy traffic situations. Jotron, makers of
What does behavioral economics have to do with lifeboat safety? Lifeboat safety has been a major topic recently with davit related incidents and injuries
Have an Iridium, VHF or SSB handheld radio aboard? What about a portable GPS? Create an Abandon Ship Ditch Bag that is waterproof, floats and will survive a
I stumbled upon this post while doing research for our EPIRB Failure series. It’s new distress system developed by researchers at John Hopkins
The BBC has a great photo slideshow of the M/V Ice Prince sinking. You can find it
. Here’s the arial view; . Finally, here’s how they test these boats: . For more info on the history behind these types of lifeboats visit
Techcrunch brings us the Dash in-car GPS navigator; Map mashups may be one of the coolest things on the Web, but they would be even cooler in your car.
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