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On December 1st, 2020, the Vend\u00e8e Globe non-stop regatta saw a dramatic scene that you would otherwise only expect in a film. A participant’s yacht broke in the high waves. Eight hours other participants, including Boris Herrmann, searched for the victim in high waves and strong winds. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Fortunately, on the night of December 2nd, 2020 the redeeming news came that the victim had been rescued and is well. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Unfortunately, the victim did not have an AIS rescue transmitter on his personal equipment, as it has been used by responsible water sports enthusiasts, navies and maritime authorities for a long time. For this reason, other Vend\u00e9e participants were quickly assigned search sectors in order to find and rescue the victim. The search sectors were very close-knit, with only 600 meters between the passages. Searching a zone would have taken a total of up to 20 hours. According to Boris Herrmann, it was the, luckily successful, search for a needle in a haystack. But everyone involved is aware that this disaster could have ended differently.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Modern distress rescue transmitters transmit GPS position including drift course and drift speed of an accident victim<\/span> <\/p>\n The 8-hour-search would not have been necessary with a modern emergency rescue transmitter, as the GPS position including the drift course and drift speed of the victim<\/span> would have been clearly visible on the chart plotters of the surrounding ships. Rescue transmitters such as the easyRESCUE-PRO3 from Weatherdock use not only AIS<\/strong> but also DSC and 121.5 Mhz<\/strong> bearing signals and can be displayed with coordinates on the chart plotter by all ships and boats and located directly by aircrafts<\/strong> without searching. Boris Herrmann also relied on our easyRESCUE rescue transmitter for years. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n The ultimate rescuer would have had the exact GPS position a few minutes after the accident on the chart plotter of the “Yes we Cam” and could have targeted and saved the victim. The rescue operation would have taken only a fraction of the time despite the difficult conditions. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n This event clearly shows that even the most experienced sailor is not protected from an accident and, in our opinion, a modern rescue transmitter is essential for every sailor. We therefore appeal to common sense to equip yourself with a modern rescue transmitter. This can save lives in an emergency. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n We wish all participants of the Vend\u00e8e Globe Regatta every success for the rest of the event and hope that there will be no further disaster.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.7.4″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.easyais.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/12\/Boris_Herrmann1-scaled.jpg” title_text=”Boris_Herrmann1″ _builder_version=”4.7.4″ _module_preset=”default”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_blurb _builder_version=”4.7.4″ header_font_size=”14″ locked=”off”]<\/p>\n Boris Herrmann, equipped with an easyRESCUE rescue transmitter.<\/span><\/span> [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_divider _builder_version=”3.9″ locked=”off”][\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.easyais.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/12\/Boris_Herrmann2.jpg” title_text=”Boris_Herrmann2″ _builder_version=”4.7.4″ _module_preset=”default”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It took 8 hours until the victim could be rescued in strong winds and high waves. With a modern rescue transmitter, the search and rescue operation could have been completed in a very short time. Especially in rough conditions, it can be minutes that make the difference between life and death.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":52286,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n\n
– At any time of day, in any weather and in any swell!<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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