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    Relief is spelled E-P-I-R-B

    Using an EPIRB, they initiate a costly communication but avoid an even more costly search later Issue 16 : Jan/Feb 2001 It was 3 a.m. Everything bad at sea happens at this hour. Minutes later, when we...

    Tom Beard
    October 8, 2026
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    100 Problems in Celestial Navigation: Book Review

    To some modern navigators the admonition: “Do not rely on a single source of navigation” means they are safe with a second GPS receiver aboard. I remember one night sailing down the East A...

    Tom Beard
    January 1, 2000
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