Story image - Ocean Signal - Sailor Simon Grier-Jones, pictured at the helm on another occasion, fell overboard while sailing in the Solent and was successfully recovered following the activation of his Ocean Signal rescueME MOB1

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Story image - Ocean Signal - Sailor Simon Grier-Jones, pictured at the helm on another occasion, fell overboard while sailing in the Solent and was successfully recovered following the activation of his Ocean Signal rescueME MOB1

Simon Grier-Jones was wearing an Ocean Signal rescueME MOB1 fitted within a Spinlock deckvest lifejacket
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Sailor Simon Grier-Jones, pictured at the helm on another occasion, fell overboard while sailing in the Solent and was successfully recovered following the activation of his Ocean Signal rescueME MOB1. Credit: Snow Leopard Racing

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When a guard rail gave way, plunging a 54-year-old sailor into the cold spring waters of the Solent in April, the rapid automatic activation of his Ocean Signal rescueME MOB1 sounded an alarm aboard his boat, alerting fellow crew members, while the display of his position on a chartplotter aided a speedy recovery.

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