[C38] vhf radio

[Joseph Launie]

*Alden,
    thanks for the tip on the radio. I agree on the handheld back-up. 
belt and suspenders work. My rigging rule is too strong never breaks. 
Life jackets and tethers are better than all that paper work if you lose 
someone. Joe
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alden Andre wrote:
> Joe, I have found with mine you have to connect the cockpit hand held
> before you turn power on. If power is on first it doesn't work
> correctly. Hook it up then turn the radio on down stairs then the
> cockpit hand held will work. Hope this works for you. I am a firm
> beliver that you need a handset in the cockpit with a separate handheld
> as  a back up as last week while delivering a 380 from Oakland to
> Portland in bad seas we lost the main battery bank and then had to run
> on the start battery while running in 40-45 kts of wind to our alternate
> harbor. Having a back up vhf is critical and having a handset off your
> main vhf in the cockpit is critical when you are driving and don't want
> to go down into the washing machine. Also as a side note when I race or
> am in the pacific we always wear lifjackets and harneses with dual clips
> on the jack lines.
>
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>    1. Re: Radios (Larry Malmberg)
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> From: "Larry Malmberg" <larrypi at linkline.com>
> Subject: Re: [C38] Radios
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> If my boat loses someone overboard it is  MAYDAY!
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> 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
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> 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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