boattart Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 I received an email this morning saying my 406Mhz EPIRB registration will expiry in 6 weeks and I need to re-register.It needs to be done every 2 years. A simple phone call to AMSA on 1800 406 406 made the process easy and a new rego sticker will be sent out and guess what??? It costs nothing, yes FREE. Just sitting here thinking about a couple of years back when I got a new wallet and realised while changing everything over my Boat License was out of date and on chasing it up realised I still had an old address on record with the then MSB so didn't receive my reminder. Now my point is these days with some license and regos being multiple years and being done online it is quite easy to change postal or particularly email addresses and not receive reminders. Your EPIRB regos contain contact details for onshore as well as boat details so that rescue authorities are looking for the right boat particularly if you take your EPIRB from one boat to a new one if you ever need to be saved it would be nice to know they are looking for your current boat and not the one you sold a year ago. So if you haven't had a reminder lately or changed boats, changed home addresses or changed your email address this is just a friendly reminder of how easy it could be to let something like this slip out of date and you will never know till it's too late. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NaClH2OK9 Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 Good post boatart ......... SaltWaterDog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antonywardle Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 I did this for the first time It timed out a few times and then I switched to using internet explorer Make sure you've got all your info. Any idea what dwt is? I guessed it was the weight of the boat which I didn't know so I made it up. Any idea why they would want to know the weight of the boat? Other than that, it was fairly painless. The website is https://www.beacons.amsa.gov.au/Default.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2f Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigb Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 A good reminder boatart Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsswordfisherman Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 You can use calendar alerts on phones and computers to help you as well. There are lots of apps that will help - try Expiry Tracker You can put in and item/ licence/product and it will send things to your phone You can get a list and print them all out even! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsswordfisherman Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 A lot of govt sites will send you SMS alerts too these days. Don't forget to track your medical details like when a checkup is due. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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