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From Largs Lifeboat Facebook pages

"Launched at 1300hrs to search for an EPIRB (emergency position indicating radio beacon) activation off Kip Marina. The Lifeboat used its direction finding equipment to locate the beacon that was on a yacht moored in the marina. This was considered a false alarm with good intent. The Greenock Coastguard Rescue Team and Clyde Sector Manager also attended this shout."

What is a false alarm with good intent?
 
Careless Pillock?

Or is that cruel.

I thought they rang everyone on the CG66 before doing anything?

But it's very reassuring to hear that they responded quickly.

Tony
 
salar said:
Why would they need to launch a lifeboat to use the DF kit to find an EPIRB? Would they not be able to get an approx position from shore and realise it was coming from a marina?
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I was also wondering that. My gps can plot me right on my berth in the marina I would have thought an epirb would be as accurate. I thought a phone call to the marina might have saved a lot of trouble.
 
salar said:
Why would they need to launch a lifeboat to use the DF kit to find an EPIRB? Would they not be able to get an approx position from shore and realise it was coming from a marina?
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Perhaps an older non-GPS EPIRB, with a less accurate position from the doppler system? They clearly had a rough idea of location to even know which lifeboat to launch - the message will have been initially received down in Falmouth.

They can't DF it from the shore because the MCA in their wisdom have decided to get rid of the DF kit.

Pete
 
If it was a MOB from a tender there's not much point turning up in a car. You'd need a boat to recover someone more than a few yards offshore.

I would assume that a false alarm with good intent is what is known in non-RNLI circles as an accident, or more correctly a mishap.
 
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