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Title: Off gridder rescued from a highland cabin
Post by: GnP on 13:29:28, 05/02/19
A man who was taken ill in Scotland, activated his emergency beacon and the signal was received in Houston, Texas... :) https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-47129148
Title: Re: Off gridder rescued from a highland cabin
Post by: Owen on 13:38:42, 05/02/19
Nice to know that the system works.
Title: Re: Off gridder rescued from a highland cabin
Post by: jimbob on 15:21:33, 05/02/19
Nice to know that the system works.
And extremly quickly by all accounts.
Wonder what it is given past interest on this forum.
Title: Re: Off gridder rescued from a highland cabin
Post by: GnP on 17:10:06, 05/02/19
And extremly quickly by all accounts.
Wonder what it is given past interest on thus forum.
Indeed it`s a small world..not sure what you meant by your last sentence though.
Title: Re: Off gridder rescued from a highland cabin
Post by: richardh1905 on 17:23:14, 05/02/19
I think that BBC Radio Scotland just said that it was the Spot system.
Title: Re: Off gridder rescued from a highland cabin
Post by: jimbob on 19:58:58, 05/02/19
I think that BBC Radio Scotland just said that it was the Spot system.
Yes, that would make sense.
Title: Re: Off gridder rescued from a highland cabin
Post by: dank86 on 22:58:15, 08/02/19
I've got a spot, never had to use the SOS but the messages go through pretty quick
Title: Re: Off gridder rescued from a highland cabin
Post by: Owen on 10:39:23, 09/02/19
I've got a spot, never had to use the SOS but the messages go through pretty quick


Same with the inReach.
Title: Re: Off gridder rescued from a highland cabin
Post by: alan de enfield on 15:29:23, 09/02/19
Spot works really well - this is a 'snapshot' of taking the boat from Hull to Plymouth.


https://ibb.co/h8Rf8n5 (https://ibb.co/h8Rf8n5)



Title: Re: Off gridder rescued from a highland cabin
Post by: dank86 on 15:48:45, 09/02/19
Spot works really well - this is a 'snapshot' of taking the boat from Hull to Plymouth.


https://ibb.co/h8Rf8n5 (https://ibb.co/h8Rf8n5)


Is that with the extreme tracking? Im using the 5 mins interval and it's working great for hiking
Title: Re: Off gridder rescued from a highland cabin
Post by: alan de enfield on 17:54:14, 09/02/19

Is that with the extreme tracking? Im using the 5 mins interval and it's working great for hiking



If I remember it was 30 minute intervals and we were doing about 6-7 mph.


I would have thought that 5 minute updates at 3mph is a bit unnecessary (every 400 yards) but that the benefit of having it adjustable - suits everyone.


My SatMap GPS was set on updates every 2 seconds (which is not much more than every step) so I de-sensitised it to (I think) 20 seconds. Makes the battery last much longer.
Title: Re: Off gridder rescued from a highland cabin
Post by: dank86 on 18:06:51, 09/02/19
I upload my logs to other sites so the higher track rate gives a better overview, yea it's great it's adjustable to suit everyone's needs, the live tracking is very good too
Title: Re: Off gridder rescued from a highland cabin
Post by: Ridge on 18:07:09, 09/02/19
Monsieur de enfield appears to be stuck in the North Sea, should we call the coast guard?
Title: Re: Off gridder rescued from a highland cabin
Post by: alan de enfield on 20:18:44, 09/02/19
Monsieur de enfield appears to be stuck in the North Sea, should we call the coast guard?



Thanks for the concern - I made it around to Plymouth (after being 'pulled over' by Border Force checking for immigrants, and responding to a mayday call off Norfolk)


I kept all of the tracks, that example was just such 'page'.


(https://i.postimg.cc/6yL7nzQQ/Plymouth.png) (https://postimg.cc/6yL7nzQQ)
Title: Re: Off gridder rescued from a highland cabin
Post by: Ridge on 20:48:17, 09/02/19
after being 'pulled over' by Border Force checking for immigrants, and responding to a mayday call off Norfolk
So much more information required.
Title: Re: Off gridder rescued from a highland cabin
Post by: alan de enfield on 11:44:35, 10/02/19
So much more information required.



We have a 'Blue Water Cruising Catamaran" (rated for crossing any ocean in any weather - Category A)
We bought her in Croatia 3 years ago and sailed her back to Hull where she has been based ever since, however there is no Yard on the East Coast that has big enough equipment to lift her out for 'bottom cleaning' etc, so we decided to move her down to Plymouth where there is a yard that can lift 'Big-Cats'.


Happily heading down the North Sea, a few miles offshore from Gt Yarmouth 'pulled over' by the Border Force 'Cutter'. "Everyone on Deck with papers and passports - NOW".


We were asked if we were all UK citizens, and the reply was yes, of course.


The problem we then had was that My Son's, 'wife to be' and her daughter are both Fillipino and have Fillipino passports.
Bit embarrassing but fortunately could prove that they had Visitors Visas in their passports so after much grovelling we were allowed to proceed.


A few hours later and we were heading towards Margate when there was a DSC Mayday call for a boat about 10-15 miles behind us.
2 crew on board, boat had capsized and crew were in the water. We turned to respond but it would have taken us 2-3 hours to get back to their location and faster boats from nearer by were responding so we resumed our course.


(https://i.postimg.cc/hQctfNNg/Clacton.png) (https://postimg.cc/hQctfNNg)


(https://i.postimg.cc/cvgtyGS5/51948861gallery-wm.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/cvgtyGS5)
Title: Re: Off gridder rescued from a highland cabin
Post by: Ridge on 14:33:14, 10/02/19
That's a big boat, and a good story.