Ocean Safety Open weekend

[[2574]]

We were at Ocean Safety, Saxon Wharf (Southampton) at the w/e at their open day. It was excellent. We took the liferaft in for a service and to start with they opened it up and inflated it so that we could see it in operating mode. Great! We also had a flare firing demonstration (and a chance to fire flares ourselves - note to self - buy a welding glove!!). Also some really good tips on servicing lifejackets. And all without charge.

We also received some really good advice on EPIRBS and ended up buying a 406 & 121 GPS Cat 2 ACR. They've really come down in price and to my mind a "must have" now.

The staff there were very helpful and extremely knowledgeable, we were most impressed. 10/10. Wholly recommended - I think they are planning another open day in the West Country in the next month or so.

Usual no connection disclaimers apply...........

rob

 

[Sailfree]

What price was the EPIRB?

 

[[2574]]

About £570 from memory. You can buy slightly cheaper on the web but I valued the advice that was provided and thought the price was well justified.

 

[jb2006]

We went and had our raft inflated - really useful to see it. A few wrinkles different from the rafts I did my offshore survival training on some years ago - especially the inflatable step and boarding ladder with real rungs. Nice to see it still looked like new in it's sealed bag too.

 

[[2574]]

correction - £529

rob