The stepfather of one of the Florida teens who disappeared at sea in July 2015 and were never found noted that the boat they were using had no emergency radio on board, People magazine reported on May 6. He stressed that it’s bizarre that all boats aren’t required to come with one.
Boats less than 65.6 feet in length are not required to have a VHF radio, which are used in emergencies. The boat that Austin Stephanos and Perry Cohen, both 14---steered from the Jupiter Inlet into the Atlantic Ocean---also didn’t come equipped with one.
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