An EPIRB (emergency position-indicating radio beacon) is your lifeline to rescue. A bad day can get worse if that beacon burns or gets trapped inside your sinking or overturned boat. You might also ...

Registering beacons, like this EPIRB, makes it more effective and thus makes your crew safer. Courtesy ACR Bill and Michelle Doster's journey around the Great Loop aboard their Carver Yacht, Fluidity, ...

EPIRB. It sounds like some sort of terrible gastrointestinal disease. But it’s not. Actually it’s a way to save your life. Many of us have heard of satellite systems hailing the U.S. Coast Guard when ...

"I hope everyone takes a step back and really looks at sacrifices these men make on a day to day basis just to put food on our table," a friend of the captain said.