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One of the absolutely necessary things you should have on board is solar panels, to keep your radio alive. Also, the movie All Is Lost comes to mind.
by mojuba 11y ago
One of the absolutely necessary things you should have on board is solar panels, to keep your radio alive.
Also, the movie All Is Lost comes to mind.
- Cthulhu_ 11y agoOr some other kind of backup radio or emergency signaling device; solar panels sound awfully expensive / fragile, instead you could have a self-contained wind-up system, bolted onto the ship somewhere secure.
- jzwinck 11y agoCurrent practice on first-world vessels sometimes includes solar panels, but even better is an EPIRB [1]. Too expensive for third-world fishermen who anyway did not intend an ocean crossing. You don't need long-term power for it, because you only activate it once, it is more power efficient than talking on a radio, and it doesn't need to run for very long, because there is a high chance you will be rescued straight away. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distress_radiobeacon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distress_radiobeacon