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Fishing

ResQLink Aids Fisherman at Ngaruroro River, NZ

Posted on May 20, 2022 by Bob Jones

I got my leg trapped between two tree roots, fell over and banged my head and at the time thought I’d dislocated my knee.

Boating

ResQLink Aids in Swift Recovery of Father and Son

Posted on May 19, 2022 by Paul Bieker

I am pretty sure that there would have been a greater than 90% chance that my son and I would have died out there if we had not had the ResQLink beacon with us or had lost it during the accident.

Boating

EPIRB Rescue Five Boaters in Key Largo, FL

Posted on April 4, 2022 by Jacob Tanner

While kite fishing off the Florida Keys, Five friends are instantly put into a life threatening situation when their boat begins to rapidly take on water.

Fishing

Sinking in the Gulf of Mexico

Posted on December 28, 2021 by Dennis Amo

"We had a cooler full of fish, when my buddy noticed the boat was taking on water."

Fishing

Pine Island Sound, Florida, USA

Posted on August 25, 2020 by Bruce Newmark

Boating

Cape Henry, Virginia Beach, VA, USA

Posted on August 19, 2020 by Ekkaphol Boriboune

Fishing

EPIRB Helps Rescue Boaters 60 miles out of Freeport Texas, Gulf of Mexico

Posted on August 17, 2020 by Derek

Fishing

Panacea, FL, USA

Posted on August 12, 2020 by Damon

Fishing

EPIRB Saves 3 in Panacea, FL, USA

Posted on August 12, 2020 by Damon
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