[C38] Radios

Fri Aug 8 11:47:10 EDT 2008

Joe and all, the woman in the Santa Barbara to King Harbor race overboard
was something we should all think about.  I'm told they had a hand held
radio and the batteries went dead, DUH no on board radio????  As to your
cockpit radio, try this, go to the hardware store and get a little tube of
conductive grease, put a small amount in the holes on the female end, plug
in the radio and remove several times, you probably have some corrosion
there, we had to do this with ours once but be careful to use a very small
amount, if you use too much you might short something out.

On a side note, we always monitor channel 16 when on the water, it's the
responsible thing to do and I do believe we are required to assist a vessel
in distress if at all possible.  When racing we might, just might monitor
the race channel if there is one but we have a hand held radio for that as
well so it's possible to monitor two channels.

Best regards,

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From: listserve-bounces at catalina38.org
[mailto:listserve-bounces at catalina38.org] On Behalf Of Gus Woods
Sent: Friday, August 08, 2008 6:53 AM
To: drstrong at ucdavis.edu; Catalina 38 Listserve
Subject: Re: [C38] Radios

If my boat loses someone overboard it is  MAYDAY!

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[mailto:listserve-bounces at catalina38.org] On Behalf Of D. R. Strong
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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