Back country tramps are a regular activity for us. On Tuesday 19 September 2023 at about 4pm we were very close to completing a 2 day tramp on Mt Pirongia. Mt Pirongia is a very rugged bush covered area with a jumble of peaks, ridges, saddles and deep valleys. The weather on the day was […]
February 1st, 2023 – Speaking out to urge all sailors to carry an Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon (EPIRB), Dutch captain Menno Schröder recounts the rescue of X-Yacht 4.9 Brainstorm during last year’s ARC (Atlantic Rally for Cruisers). A year later as the 2023 ARC January participants complete the course, the experienced sailor says the […]
A crew member of the Dutch lifeboat service is encouraging others to carry a Personal Locator Beacon (PLB) after activating his device when on the other side of an emergency alert while kite surfing off the coast in South Holland. As a volunteer with the Koninklijke Nederlandse Redding Maatschappij K.N.R.M. (Royal Netherlands Sea Rescue Institution), […]
Nigel Fox was rescued 23km from his yacht in Australia’s Arafura Sea after AMSA responded to Ocean Signal personal locator beacon alert A solo sailor has been rescued eight hours after being pitched overboard in rough seas off Australia’s Northern Territory coastline. Southampton-born expat Nigel Fox, who has been praised by rescue services for the […]
Ocean Signal rescueME PLB1 prompts speedy response from emergency services after Susi Thomas damages vertebrae and breaks ribs in New Zealand trekking accident. After a previous accident brought home the difficulty of getting help when out in remote locations, keen riders Martin and Susi Thomas were thankful to have invested in an Ocean Signal rescueME […]
70-year-old Terry Mulhern from Opotiki was winched to safety by Trust Tairawhiti rescue helicopter after rupturing an Achilles tendon in Urewera. The importance of carrying a life-saving Personal Locator Beacon in remote regions was brought home to experienced hunter and tramper Terry Mulhern when he was rescued in the Urewera bush this November.The 70-year-old was […]
Swathed in a sleeping bag and a purple jacket, a hiker sits smiling at the camera. Next to her, a small yellow device sits on a rock, antenna extended, flashing a reassuring strobe light at two-second intervals. The hiker is Karma Forester, and she’s in the Dividalen National Park in northern Norway, 33km from habitation […]
Marcel Tremblay, pictured trimming the spinnaker during this year’s SoCal 300 ocean race on Prevail (a SANTA Cruz 52), was wearing an Ocean Signal rescueME MOB1 when he fell overboard The importance of wearing his Ocean Signal rescueME MOB1 was demonstrated beyond doubt to experienced sailor Marcel Tremblay this spring when he fell overboard in […]
When a guard rail gave way, plunging a 54-year-old sailor into the cold spring waters of the Solent in April, the rapid automatic activation of his Ocean Signal rescueME MOB1 sounded an alarm aboard his boat, alerting fellow crew members, while the display of his position on a chartplotter aided a speedy recovery. Ironically, the […]
Electronic distress flare proves crucial in directing emergency services to exact location of casualty in challenging Force 5 conditions The volunteer RNLI crew on Loch Ness has highlighted the value of including an LED flare in any boat or personal watersports safety kit after they were successfully guided to an endurance paddleboarder stranded without his […]