{"id":46655,"date":"2026-07-20T16:14:56","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T16:14:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oceansignal.com\/?post_type=survivor-stories&p=46655"},"modified":"2026-07-20T16:14:57","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T16:14:57","slug":"ocean-signal-epirb1-rescue-saves-four-sailors","status":"publish","type":"survivor-stories","link":"https:\/\/oceansignal.com\/us\/survivor-stories\/ocean-signal-epirb1-rescue-saves-four-sailors\/","title":{"rendered":"Ocean Signal EPIRB1 Rescue Saves Four Sailors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We were en route from St. Croix to Khema, Texas, on a beautiful January morning. I was sailing with my brother and two other crewmen, and Navionics showed that there was plenty of water beneath the keel along our planned route.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unfortunately, the submerged rocks we struck seemed not to have received that information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The impact breached the hull, and water began entering the boat faster than the four of us could bail it out. It quickly became clear that we could not keep pace with the flooding. We deployed the life raft, abandoned the boat and took our Ocean Signal EPIRB 1<\/a> with us, the same EPIRB I had purchased shortly before beginning the voyage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We were approximately 100 miles north of the Dominican Republic, but after activating the EPIRB, a U.S. Coast Guard aircraft was circling overhead in less than 20 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Coast Guard coordinated our rescue with a nearby Dominican fishing boat, whose crew picked us up from the life raft. We were then transferred to an American-flagged container ship, which carried all four of us safely home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Buying that EPIRB before setting out proved to be an incredibly important decision. When the boat was taking on water and we had no choice but to abandon it, it gave us a direct way to alert rescuers and helped bring assistance to our position remarkably quickly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We were en route from St. Croix to Khema, Texas, on a beautiful January morning. I was sailing with my brother and two other crewmen, and Navionics showed that there was plenty of water beneath the keel along our planned route. Unfortunately, the submerged rocks we struck seemed not to have received that information. The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10304,"featured_media":46639,"template":"","survivor-stories-category":[10],"survivor-stories-cause":[38],"survivor-stories-event":[],"survivor-stories-rescue":[1957],"survivor-stories-terrain":[],"class_list":["post-46655","survivor-stories","type-survivor-stories","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","survivor-stories-category-boating","survivor-stories-cause-boat-sinking","survivor-stories-rescue-helicopter-rescue"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nOcean Signal EPIRB1 Rescue Saves Four Sailors - Ocean Signal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Find out how the Ocean Signal EPIRB1 helped ensure our safety during a maritime emergency on our sailing expedition.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/oceansignal.com\/us\/survivor-stories\/ocean-signal-epirb1-rescue-saves-four-sailors\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ocean Signal EPIRB1 Rescue Saves Four Sailors\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Find out how the Ocean Signal EPIRB1 helped ensure our safety during a maritime emergency on our sailing expedition.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/oceansignal.com\/us\/survivor-stories\/ocean-signal-epirb1-rescue-saves-four-sailors\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ocean Signal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-07-20T16:14:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/oceansignal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/ss-attachments\/PXL_20250121_152310485-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/oceansignal.com\/us\/survivor-stories\/ocean-signal-epirb1-rescue-saves-four-sailors\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/oceansignal.com\/us\/survivor-stories\/ocean-signal-epirb1-rescue-saves-four-sailors\/\",\"name\":\"Ocean Signal EPIRB1 Rescue Saves Four Sailors - Ocean Signal\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/oceansignal.com\/us\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/oceansignal.com\/us\/survivor-stories\/ocean-signal-epirb1-rescue-saves-four-sailors\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/oceansignal.com\/us\/survivor-stories\/ocean-signal-epirb1-rescue-saves-four-sailors\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/oceansignal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/ss-attachments\/PXL_20250121_152310485-scaled.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-07-20T16:14:56+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-07-20T16:14:57+00:00\",\"description\":\"Find out how the Ocean Signal EPIRB1 helped ensure our safety during a maritime emergency on our sailing expedition.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/oceansignal.com\/us\/survivor-stories\/ocean-signal-epirb1-rescue-saves-four-sailors\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/oceansignal.com\/us\/survivor-stories\/ocean-signal-epirb1-rescue-saves-four-sailors\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/oceansignal.com\/us\/survivor-stories\/ocean-signal-epirb1-rescue-saves-four-sailors\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/oceansignal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/ss-attachments\/PXL_20250121_152310485-scaled.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/oceansignal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/ss-attachments\/PXL_20250121_152310485-scaled.jpg\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":1920},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/oceansignal.com\/us\/survivor-stories\/ocean-signal-epirb1-rescue-saves-four-sailors\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Survivor stories\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/oceansignal.com\/us\/survivor-stories\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Ocean Signal EPIRB1 Rescue Saves Four Sailors\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/oceansignal.com\/us\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/oceansignal.com\/us\/\",\"name\":\"Ocean Signal\",\"description\":\"A leading manufacturer of EPIRBs, AIS, SARTs, Personal Locator Beacons, Man Overboard Beacon for the Marine and Outdoor Markets.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/oceansignal.com\/us\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Ocean Signal EPIRB1 Rescue Saves Four Sailors - Ocean Signal","description":"Find out how the Ocean Signal EPIRB1 helped ensure our safety during a maritime emergency on our sailing expedition.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/oceansignal.com\/us\/survivor-stories\/ocean-signal-epirb1-rescue-saves-four-sailors\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Ocean Signal EPIRB1 Rescue Saves Four Sailors","og_description":"Find out how the Ocean Signal EPIRB1 helped ensure our safety during a maritime emergency on our sailing expedition.","og_url":"https:\/\/oceansignal.com\/us\/survivor-stories\/ocean-signal-epirb1-rescue-saves-four-sailors\/","og_site_name":"Ocean Signal","article_modified_time":"2026-07-20T16:14:57+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2560,"height":1920,"url":"https:\/\/oceansignal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/ss-attachments\/PXL_20250121_152310485-scaled.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/oceansignal.com\/us\/survivor-stories\/ocean-signal-epirb1-rescue-saves-four-sailors\/","url":"https:\/\/oceansignal.com\/us\/survivor-stories\/ocean-signal-epirb1-rescue-saves-four-sailors\/","name":"Ocean Signal EPIRB1 Rescue Saves Four Sailors - Ocean Signal","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/oceansignal.com\/us\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/oceansignal.com\/us\/survivor-stories\/ocean-signal-epirb1-rescue-saves-four-sailors\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/oceansignal.com\/us\/survivor-stories\/ocean-signal-epirb1-rescue-saves-four-sailors\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/oceansignal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/ss-attachments\/PXL_20250121_152310485-scaled.jpg","datePublished":"2026-07-20T16:14:56+00:00","dateModified":"2026-07-20T16:14:57+00:00","description":"Find out how the Ocean Signal EPIRB1 helped ensure our safety during a maritime emergency on our sailing expedition.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/oceansignal.com\/us\/survivor-stories\/ocean-signal-epirb1-rescue-saves-four-sailors\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/oceansignal.com\/us\/survivor-stories\/ocean-signal-epirb1-rescue-saves-four-sailors\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/oceansignal.com\/us\/survivor-stories\/ocean-signal-epirb1-rescue-saves-four-sailors\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/oceansignal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/ss-attachments\/PXL_20250121_152310485-scaled.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/oceansignal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/ss-attachments\/PXL_20250121_152310485-scaled.jpg","width":2560,"height":1920},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/oceansignal.com\/us\/survivor-stories\/ocean-signal-epirb1-rescue-saves-four-sailors\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Survivor stories","item":"https:\/\/oceansignal.com\/us\/survivor-stories\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Ocean Signal EPIRB1 Rescue Saves Four Sailors"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/oceansignal.com\/us\/#website","url":"https:\/\/oceansignal.com\/us\/","name":"Ocean Signal","description":"A leading manufacturer of EPIRBs, AIS, SARTs, Personal Locator Beacons, Man Overboard Beacon for the Marine and Outdoor Markets.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/oceansignal.com\/us\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oceansignal.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/survivor-stories\/46655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oceansignal.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/survivor-stories"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oceansignal.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/survivor-stories"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oceansignal.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10304"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oceansignal.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oceansignal.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"survivor-stories-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oceansignal.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/survivor-stories-category?post=46655"},{"taxonomy":"survivor-stories-cause","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oceansignal.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/survivor-stories-cause?post=46655"},{"taxonomy":"survivor-stories-event","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oceansignal.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/survivor-stories-event?post=46655"},{"taxonomy":"survivor-stories-rescue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oceansignal.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/survivor-stories-rescue?post=46655"},{"taxonomy":"survivor-stories-terrain","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oceansignal.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/survivor-stories-terrain?post=46655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}