- Action: To Do List item A0021 – Obtain required number/types of pyrotechnic flares or electric distress light with orange flag.
- Completed: 15 March 2016
- Cost: $255.00
On a visit to Broadwater Marine located at Mactan Island, Cebu, Philippines we noticed they had flares in stock. As the flares date of manufacture was relatively recent we purchased three IKAROS handheld red flares at a cost P2,100.00 (US $46.67) each. The flares expiration date of April 2018 was added to our master tracking list of Periodic Maintenance Requirements.
As the result of internet research discovered that an electric distress light with orange flag was USCG approved, the Sirius Signal SOS Distress Light with Distress Flag. The advantage, besides being cheaper in cost, was there were no expiration date and no fire hazard.
On 31 December 2015, we ordered the Sirius Signal SOS Distress Light with Distress Flag at a cost of $99.99 and had it shipped to our balikbayan box consolidator and forwarder Manila Forwarder in Los Angles, California and received there on 8 January 2016. We received them in Naga City, Cebu on 9 March 2016.
The SOS Distress Light needs three (3) type C batteries which were not included. Three package sets of four C batteries were locally purchased for about $15.00. Two sets of packages with four type C batteries will be kept aboard as spares. The Sirius Signal SOS Electronic Flare Instructions recommend annual replacement of the battery and this was added to our master tracking list of Periodic Maintenance Requirements.
