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The rules of the race state (http://goldengloberace.com/the-rules/)
"The following shall be fitted or carried on board.
A First 406 GPS EPIRB and A second 406 GPS EPIRB."  and an echo max,
and you have a sealed satellite tracking system, and a sat phone in a
sealed box (by the way also a 121.5 airband transceiver)

I think they are making it as safe as they can for single handed round
the world race!

As far as navigation equipment "Independent of a main radio
transceiver, a radio receiver capable of receiving weather bulletins
and international time signals."


Now some things are easy to get but they will be scouring ebay for
"Marine RDF able to receive marine and aviation beacons for navigation
purposes."  Of course there are not so many marine beacons but they
can still use aviation NDBs

They are also required to carry a special AIS unit ... presumably
doctored to not reveal the position to the skipper!

Bill


On 5 January 2017 at 21:03, Brad Morris  wrote:
> Feel free to run the race *without* an EPIRB (or similar).  That links to
> the GPS constellation of satellites.  Cant have that.  No uplink to the
> monitoring satellites either.
>
> Your safety be damned.
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> On Jan 5, 2017 3:50 PM, "Greg Rudzinski"  wrote:
>>
>> Francis,
>>
>> If RKJ used an electric wall clock in 1968 then it can be used for the
>> retro GGR. Everyone in the race should have two aboard that are rated. The
>> mechanicals then become emergency back-up. Good find in his book ! Problem
>> solved. I would use an aircraft dash electric. These are affordable on Ebay.
>>
>> Greg Rudzinski
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