Visual distress signals (VDS) are mandatory on most boats but hopefully never needed. VDS come in various flavors. You should not only check at the start of every season to make sure your flares are ...

We have all read the stories of people getting lost or injured outdoors, and who signal for distress. Sure, sometimes they make some boneheaded mistakes. However, the outdoors is unpredictable, and ...

Yamaha Motor has been granted a patent for a rescue network system for watercraft. The system includes a transmitter, receiver, output, and controller to transmit distress signals and emergency ...