Re: SPOT Emergency Beacon

> How would it work in mid ocean? I had the thought that if you were
> wearing a life jacket with a waterproof GPS and a VHF in the pockets,
> you would have a chance if you went overboard. Talk to the boat you
> fell off of. They do also make flares.

****table VHF from someone IN the water won't carry very far at all, no
more 
than 5 miles.  Best it'll do is let you talk to the helicopter flying 
nearby.  That may be useful, to be sure, but only if they found your area
to 
begin with, or you're in an area with other boaters nearby.  I'd certainly

want one in a ditch bag but I wouldn't expect miracles from it were I on 
open ocean.