Reliance Yacht management takes safety seriously and will always stress the importance of yachts having a tracking and an means to contact help in an emergency. Through www.yachttrackers.com we supply a variety of means. One of the popular options to choose is the Spot personnel tracker.  This have proven a lifesaving device on may occasions. here are few examples of how it has helped those in trouble.

Of the 1,500-plus rescues that have taken place in 105 countries, 55 percent were in the United States. California, Colorado, Utah, Alaska and Florida are the states with the highest number of SPOT SOS activations. Canada accounted for 22 percent of the overall rescues launched by SPOT devices. This year, rescue officials have responded to 546

SPOT-initiated requests of which 402 were land-based, 117 were at sea and 27 were aviation related.

SPOT Rescue Highlights :

• Four fishermen were rescued from their sinking vessel by the US Coast Guard 20 miles off the coast of Charleston, South Carolina.
• A Scout troop leader was crushed by a falling horse in Mount Hood National Forest and airlifted to safety by the National Guard.
• A downed motorcyclist suffering compound fractures was air lifted to a nearby hospital from a desolate California highway.
• Two stranded climbers were rescued by helicopter from the 3,567 meter-high (11,703 feet) peak on Mount Goodsir in Yoho National Park, British Columbia.
• The US Coast Guard rescued two people after their plane suffered a hard emergency landing on an uninhabited island southeast of Cordova, Alaska.
• An Arkansas photographer with a broken pelvis, collar bone and ankle was rescued from a steep ravine after falling 30 feet in Ozark National Forest.
• A backcountry skier was located and rescued after being trapped at high elevation in Norway during a severe winter storm.

• In Nevada, a man working alone was injured and trapped under heavy machinery. He was extricated and transported by helicopter to a nearby hospital.
• A 20 year-old college student was rescued after falling 200 feet in Rocky Mountain National Park.
• A hiker suffering a severe medical emergency was rescued in Australia and transported to the nearest medical facility for surgery.

Details of the Spot and other tracking devices are available at www.yachttrackers.com