re: UPDATE 265 Class Liftboat capsizes . New survivor story. Page 77

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’ve seen plenty of times inspectors come on the boats, and just punch the cards wo even looking at
The equipment.

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that’s awful.

And thanks for the name of the devices. Figured it was something of the sort but couldn't put words with letters.

Just Google EPIRB and you can find a place around Laffy that sells them and will register them for you

If you want to email me I can get you how ever many you want for a better price and have them registered for you as well.

Calm down.

I didn’t say mandatory with a life jacket.

I simply said it should be mandatory to wear one

What would be so difficult to attach one on to your belt or pockets? Attach it like you do a pocket knife.

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Looks like another crew member was found late tonight

So sad. Have had some bad dreams about what they must have gone through...

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Looks like another crew member was found late tonight

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Sadly, Quinon is my friend’s BIL continued prayers for the other families whose loved ones are still missing

Offshore suppliers on causeway. West marine.

I keep looking at those life rafts strapped to the handrails. Three of them so close.

Quick lesson to clear some things up so no one buys the wrong thing.

First, an EPIRB would do absolutely ZERO good in this situation. An EPIRB (Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beaon) is a single device that is registered with the Coast Guard/NOAA to a SPECIFIC vessel. When activated, it sends a radio and sometimes gps signal to alert authorities of it's activation. This will lead rescuers to the general location of the beacon. An EPIRB has absolutely nothing to do with an individual and will not help you unless you in the immediate vicinity of it.

Secondly, I think tgrbaitn08 is suggesting everyone get a PLB (Personal Locater Beacon). A PLB is registered to your person, meaning you can attach it to your person and bring it literally anywhere you go. It works the same as an EPIRB, except the rescuers know EXACTLY who they are searching for, instead of a boat with an unknown number of occupants. A PLB will get rescuers within about a football field area of you.

The downside to PLB's is that they have to be manually activated and held with the antenna facing the sky. It will not work if you are unconscious. Neither a PLB nor an EPIRB will work if it is submerged. So, strapping a PLB to your belt or pockets, as suggested, is useless unless you are awake and able to grab it. In most cases, it needs to be held out of the water to work since it is much more susceptible to rough seas blocking signal.

Could a PLB have saved more lives in this incident? Impossible to know. As always, it's better to have an not need, than to need and not have, but if the guys were rendered unconscious or trapped under the water, nothing would have changed.

I know it looks like that, but a situation similar to this without the flipping is the Trinity II liftboat incident that occurred in the Bay of Campeche. A crew from mainly South LA was working off the coast of Mexico when a tropical depression started to form. The choice was made to stay on the liftboat, and it was the wrong choice. Long story short, the call was made to evacuate the boat, and they attempted to pop both life rafts on the deck, which flew away in the 100 MPH winds. I really believe that would have happened here, and the one life raft that was found popped from the Seacore vessel was found in ST 39, which while not far from Fourchon, is pretty damn far considering it was only an hour after the boat flipped.