[C38] Radios

[D. R. Strong]

Joe: We have the cockpit remote for the VHF on Discreet Charm and had to 
replace it recently. Sounds to me like some work with your plug 
(corrosion?) might be due. Monitoring 16 is a really good idea, dunno 
about legalities. Someone in the water would be a Pon-Pon, which we hear 
fairly frequently in SFB. I was sailing last week on Lake Michigan and 
heard several: airplane lost in the lake off Sheboigan , man overboard 
near Milwaukee, boat without a rudder in Indiana somewhere.  The man 
overboard was first broadcast by the vessel that lost the unfortunate 
person. Within a few minutes, the Coastguard began repeating the 
broadcast, then canceled it when the guy was rescued. We never heard a 
cancellation for the lost aircraft or the boat sans rudder. The woman in 
the water at King Harbor was /muy/ lucky.
regards, Don

Joseph Launie wrote:
> *Hi,
>     Two issues which are related.
>           First, we have an extention radio in our cockpit. The kit 
> included a 12 foot long cord with a male plug at the end which you 
> could install in the side of your cockpit. We did. The radio is 
> attached to a female plug so it can be easily removed. It is supposed 
> to be able to change channel, turn on & off and all from the cockpit. 
> One problem - we cannot get it to work. Everytime a mechanic looks at 
> it he mates the two parts violently and it works. is there a better 
> way to do this?
>     We feel the need for a radio in the cockpit we can hear while racing.
>     I have a recollection of a "rule" that under way you are supposed 
> to monitor channel 16.
> What brings this up is the gal in the water without boat or flotation 
> in the King harbor race. She was in the water 30 minutes and only 
> picked up because a J37 skipper happened to go below and turn on the 
> radio and hear the M'aidez over channel 16. She was passed by 2 boats 
> within `10 boat lengths who sailed by without seeing her. They did not 
> see her because they were not looking. They were not looking because 
> they had not heard the m'aidez from Channel 16.
>
>     My question is, is the admonition to monitor channel 16 a rule, so 
> that those in breach are negligent, or is it a suggestion like your 
> father's suggestion to avoid having anything to do with women who have 
> more problems than you do. Not always followed. Joe
> *
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Donald R. Strong
Professor
Section of Evolution and Ecology
University of California Davis
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