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An emergency location marker system for capsized vessels is housed in an emergency location marker canister or container (10) secured by a bracket (22) to an exposed or outside surface of the vessel (60). An inflatable aerial location marker (40) is deflated and folded in the small space of the canister. The aerial location marker is formed to provide upon inflation a relatively large surface area flat configuration to blanket a sufficient area of the sea surface for high visibility. The high visibility sea surface area blanketing marker (40) is formed with at least one flexible joint (41) for responding flexibly to wave motion while adhering to the sea surface. The sea surface area marker may be in a flat circular configuration, for example six feet in diameter and formed with a high visibility color. Flexible joints (41) along intersecting diameters permit flexing of the flat circular configuration marker in response to waves from all directions. A source of compressed air or gas such as a compressed air cylinder (36) is also housed in the canister (10) coupled to the inflatable marker bladder. A valve (38) on the compressed air cylinder or cartridge is activated by water immersion to inflate the bladder. The canister is comprised of separable segments constructed with break seams (32a,34) for opening or exploding in response to inflation of the location marker for releasing the inflating bladder. The canister also incorporates a feed line (44) for example on a rotating spool (26). One end (46) of the line is secured to the vessel and the other end to the location marker.
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