[C38] Radios

[Gus Woods]

If my boat loses someone overboard it is  MAYDAY!

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Sent: Friday, August 08, 2008 9:01 AM
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Subject: Re: [C38] Radios

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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