Skip Shute over at Sea/Tow Tampa Bay provides this audio clip of the USCG talking with a boat they have been searching for for hours. It seems this guy is out sailing on a nice day, and his SPOT stopped transmitting his position. This caused the sailor’s father to grow concerned and he called the Coast Guard.
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I post this not to denigrate the SPOT device, but only to show the law of unintended consequences prevails. Better safe than sorry, though.
