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The system is far from perfect. In many parts of the world, many days can elapse before any kind of search is reconstructive surgery launched. Some poor reconstructive surgery countries have no search resources. In some cases, alerts fall through the bureaucratic cracks. Your registered "contact person" should have a good description of your vessel, people aboard, location and float plan, types of communication equipment, call-signs and phone numbers, whether you have a liferaft. Some water-activated EPIRBs must reconstructive surgery stay in the water to signal effectively (I guess the water acts as the radio ground plane): don't pull them aboard the liferaft. Hydrostatic release should be replaced every 2 years. Battery must be replaced after it is used in an emergency. Once EPIRB is activated in an emergency, leave it on until you're rescued or the batteries die. Don't turn it on and off to conserve battery life. From sidebar article by Ben Ellison in 5/2004 issue of Sail magazine: ...
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