VHF can locate by GPS via DSC. Even better, IMO, is that VHF can get help from another boat that may be a couple of minutes away. Beauty of VHF, I have decided, is that also have my cell phone too. Cell phone alone seems like help could be many, many minutes away at best.
I don't think there is any right or wrong approach, just decisions we make to balance entertainment, safety and expense.
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