A Saltwater Fishing Community...Where There Is No BS About The Sport A Saltwater Fishing Community...Where There Is No BS About The Sport
| |||||||
| Register | Invite Your Friends | FAQ & Rules | Members List | Calendar | Arcade | Search | Today's Posts | Mark Forums Read |
| Safety Discussion Tips, Regulations, Experiences ... post 'em up in here. There is nothing that can protect you better than being prepared. |
What have you got to say about the topic of: "Ditch Bag contents". Here's how is started: "please dont forget the everlasting gobbstopper"
 |
| | LinkBack | Thread Tools | Display Modes |
12-27-2006, 07:29 AM
| #11 | ||
  Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: VOODOO GRILLE MYSTIC
Posts: 2,893
| please dont forget the everlasting gobbstopper | ||
|  |
| Ads Do NOT Show To Registered Members | |
|
12-27-2006, 05:08 PM
| #12 | |||
| NBS Member  Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Westbrook CT
Posts: 1,277
| Quote:
 | |||
|
| |
|
12-27-2006, 09:10 PM
| #13 | ||
  Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Blue Planet
Posts: 997
| Bryans list was extremely thorough. Some liferaft companies are putting pretty good basic survival gear pre packed in the raft. I saw quite a few 6 man valise style rafts that had evrything but the kitchen sink as an option to pack into the raft. I think the cheapest, most effective thing for any bluewater guy to purchase is one of the personal locators. I picked up an aquafix 406 with GPS this year at the Newport Boatshow for $459.00 on the last day of the show. The boatshow special was $519.00, but the guy was willing to deal on the last day, a common practice at the shows. This is an extremely affordable item to add . The personal ones can go with you onto any boat you may board, and with the gps will give the search and rescue efforts your lat/lon, enabling them to pinpoint within 100 yards+/- or so your location. With this 1 piece of equipment, it will hopefully render all those other things in the list almost unnecessary....
__________________ CAPT. DOM PETRARCA COASTAL CHARTERS SPORTFISHING NEWPORT, RI (401)-862-0358 www.coastalcharterssportfishing.com  | ||
|
| |
|
12-28-2006, 07:46 AM
| #14 | ||
  Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Exeter, Rhode Island
Posts: 3,424
| Good point Dom..... The EPIRBs with built in GPS are the way to go today! As the rep from LRSE explained to me, if you have a good raft and a GPS-equipped EPIRB, you'll likely be found quickly, so you could trim your list of items down. I have the ACR GlobalFix 406.....normally over $1,000 at the "boat stores" LOL but LRSE gave me a deal at the boat show last year for $799. (Got a deal on my Life Raft from them last year too! Good guys to deal with!) My cousin in Mass "bought all these items for me as gift".....so there was no sales tax either 
__________________  | ||
|
| |
|
12-28-2006, 08:07 AM
| #15 | ||
| NBS Member Join Date: Jun 2006
Posts: 1,404
| OK.....you covered most of em....throw your wallet in the ditch bag.......washing up on block island...it would be nice to get a room and a meal on your mastercard. | ||
|
| |
|
02-14-2007, 11:10 PM
| #16 | ||
| NBS Member  Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Noank, CT
Posts: 68
| Here's my list....... 1. EPIRB (ACR PLB-200) (ACR Rapidfix 406 Cat 1 on Hardtop) 2. Handheld VHF/GPS (Mystic Uniden Combo Unit) 3. First Aid Kit 4. Flare Gun w/ 9 Shells 5. 9 Handheld Flares 6. 1 Distresss Flag Day Marker 7. 1 Dye Day Marker 8. 1 Manual Horn 9. 1 Mirror 10. 1 Whistle 11. 1 Pack Waterproof Matches 12. Two Waterproof Flash Lights w/ Fresh Batteries 13. Sat Phone (When Underway) 14. 4 parachute flares Can you tell that I just did inventory.....  BTW, I also have an 8-man life raft....I have the Revere Surviva that I upgraded to Solas A http://www.reveresupply.com/surviva-liferaft.htm Be safe out there!
__________________ JD Maggie B Ocean 44 SS | ||
|
| |
|
07-18-2007, 10:58 AM
| #17 | ||
| NBS Member  Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Branford,CT
Posts: 424
| i would ad a satellite phone when you make those offshore trips
__________________ Blake Conlin tight linzzzzzzzzzzzz F-troop Ch.68/19  http://www.lennysnow.com/history.htm | ||
|
| |
|
12-10-2007, 08:13 PM
| #18 | ||
| NBS Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Westbrook CT
Posts: 1,277
| | ||
|
| |
|
12-11-2007, 08:28 AM
| #19 | ||
| NBS Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Pt. Judith/Green Harbor/W.Mass
Posts: 775
| Bryan A, Who makes the bag and what size is the bag you plan on putting all this in? The ditch bags I've seen are all relatively small.....
__________________  "First The Bite Then The Fight" | ||
|
| |
|
12-11-2007, 08:40 AM
| #20 | ||
| NBS Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Westbrook CT
Posts: 1,277
| Its an ACR ditchbag. This discussion goes back to last year, It was started and just kind of snowballed from there. Never can be to prepared. Someone on another site posted that link so I put it up here for reference.  | ||
|
| |
| Ads Do NOT Show To Registered Members | |
|
| Bookmarks |
| Thread Tools | |
| Display Modes | |
| |
Linear Mode
