How a personal locator beacon helped a lone sailor get help

2020-11-06T11:27:25+00:00May 17th, 2017|Kit, News|

A solo sailor who set off his personal locator beacon (PLB) when he realised that he was becoming ill on board his yacht was located and airlifted by Coastguard helicopter to hospital this afternoon. The UK Coastguard received an alert from the PLB at 2.40 pm. Because the man had registered his beacon with the [...]