MacGregorSailors.com

I just acquired one .....Reconditioned , Guaranteed, New Battery , $450 , The Vendor may have more???

Do you pay a membership fee for these devices to work?

R

Nope Register for free on line with NOAA.( ?) All Above Board Legal Eagle etc etc .. I Have yet to register mine as its not in my hands..Its in Florida..I am NOT
Mine Is Green and looks Brand New and The Battery IS Brand New!! Good until 2017..
HUmmm buy guitar #4 for $1000 and wave over head sitting on overturned boat hope for help? OR Pull Pin / flip switch on EPIRB.. Humm Buy cheaper guitar!
Even the wife thinks its a good idea.. We move this year maybe by June?? We want to sail to the : Marquises and The Dry Tortuga's and the Bahamas..
Same Unit same Guarantee (?) is almost $900 from West Marine..
Hummm Very surprised with all the talk about Off Shore and long trips and etc etc just one response??

Divecoz wrote:.....
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Hummm Very surprised with all the talk about Off Shore and long trips and etc etc just one response??

That is interesting isn't it?
I wonder if it partly reflects the 'unsinkable' nature of Macs, combined with our tendency to keep within 40 miles of land: makes the guitar-playing+waving a tempting alternative.
Although with all the fridges and air-conditioners and house batteries some of our colleagues suggest, one wonders if the sucker might just sigh and quietly slip beneath the waves.
Kittiwake

I had one on my big boat for Carribean trip but for coastal cruiseing most have the SPOT or I phone for emergency quick send for your location.
I think those going to Bahamas should have one or any traveling they do were SPOT or Iphone can't send distress signals.

Dave

Divecoz wrote:I just acquired one .....Reconditioned , Guaranteed, New Battery , $450 , The Vendor may have more???

"reconditioned"
I've had mixed results in purchasing refurb stuff. Maybe it's the cynic in me, but how do you test one of these? What assurances does the company offer?
Boaters often find a false sense of security in technology. Eeeh, I'm sure they are fine. Still, no substitute for prudence.

Kittiwake wrote:I wonder if it partly reflects the 'unsinkable' nature of Macs, combined with our tendency to keep within 40 miles of land:

Agreed. Most of us don't take a 26' lightweight boat far offshore. I wouldn't anyway.

As for the unsinkable part, I don't find any comfort in the marketing. If my boat gets holed, I fully expect to be clinging to some hunk of styrofoam as the rest goes under or is upside down.

I wouldn't get my hopes on that unless the boat blows apart spilling the chunks of Styrophone.
Best to stay with the ship until it starts to goes down. (If you have time you can always unscrew the 4 bolts of engine and disconnect the cables and throw out batteries and anchors).
I don't think you will ever have to go that route.

Dave

RussMT wrote:"reconditioned"

As for the unsinkable part, I don't find any comfort in the marketing. If my boat gets holed, I fully expect to be clinging to some hunk of styrofoam as the rest goes under or is upside down.

Posted on another board.. Not by me!

Epirbs on sale !
Just bought one for my brother, ( THATS THE ME : ) $374.50 With a new battery good till 2017 !

Winslow Life Raft Co (800-838-3012)

They look like new, and will have new batteries in them...I dont think you can beat this deal.

Turns out the Coast Guard traded some units in for the new digital units.

My Brother picked mine up in person.. you would owe whatever Postage shipping handling and insurance would be
Must be very close to Port Charlotte Fla. as my brother and I both HATE driving ....

http://www.marineelectronicscenter.com/product/ACR2882
$377 at the link above.

Same or similar unit?

http://www.boatersland.com/acr2882-aqualink.html
$350 at this link.

Great Deal... Two more reasons for those in need or desire to have a unit..
For me, I figure if what I got , was BOUGHT by the Coast Guard there is no question as to how well built / rugged they are..

darrenj wrote:http://www.marineelectronicscenter.com/product/ACR2882
$377 at the link above.

Same or similar unit?

http://www.boatersland.com/acr2882-aqualink.html
$350 at this link.

Have a look for yourself.. HUGE difference in the units. http://www.landfallnavigation.com/globalfix.html

Here in Oz, I dont think you'd find a Mac without an Epirb in it. Any vessel travelling more than 2 nautical miles offshore, even in reasonably protected bays etc, is required to have one. The GME ones start at about $400 new and you have to re-register them every 3 years (I think its 3) and get a new battery fitted every so many years.

Just about everything in the US seems to be about half the price, (including Macs!) so I'm amazed that epirbs are not much cheaper than it would appear!

Well there is for sure a HUGE disparity in the Units we see in this thread.. One looks very much like a toy.. one you would buy at Toys R Us. The Coast Guard Unit? Not at all.. Why? The WHY I have to ask is also ? With all the money we spend on this and that in our lives why would we be so hesitant with some purchases and not others? I am guilty of this as well.. Why do I think so little about dropping a $100 or more on a dinner for the wife and I and then hesitate when paying a few dollars more for something that might be more important , last me longer ?? Maybe its human nature?

I must admit I know almost nothing about EPIRBS but I would think they have to go through some sort of testing and certification so figured one would be as good as another. The units I was looking at are personal epribs or PLBs I think. The one you got looks like a vessel mounted eprib that can float out in the event of a capsize, no need to manually activate it.

Found this link with a bit of info.

http://www.safety-marine.co.uk/spages/p ... really.htm

Everything is a trade-off.

I am in your shoes...I know almost nothing about EPIRBS So I found myself relying on someone I trust, and who has one, and he and his extensive group of freinds ( most if not all ) have EPIRBS.. Among this group of fellows, you can find at least one of their boats 30 to 100 miles out on any given day that the weather is not so bad, that its just too dangerous to be out there.. I went with his judgement.. Its just part of an insurance package I carry..?
Over the last 25 years I have spent well over $50,000.00 on insurances and so far, I have had 2 pieces of auto glass replaced and nothing on anything else..
In The End ? Its each to his own....

darrenj wrote:I must admit I know almost nothing about EPIRBS but I would think they have to go through some sort of testing and certification so figured one would be as good as another. The units I was looking at are personal epribs or PLBs I think. The one you got looks like a vessel mounted eprib that can float out in the event of a capsize, no need to manually activate it.

Found this link with a bit of info.

http://www.safety-marine.co.uk/spages/p ... really.htm

Everything is a trade-off.