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Ken can you contact me please, preferably by email.
Thanks, C_W

Eamonn, PM sent.
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Called Wight Dawn whilst sailing past them
No response
Are they just not sociable?

Maybe they thought you had pwoblems with your arse .. erm I mean r's?

claymore wrote:Called Wight Dawn whilst sailing past them
No response
Are they just not sociable?

Mistaken identity? - perhaps they just saw the boat shape and were below the parapet???? I hope not, V sociable.
He's tecchy so probably the wireless had a dose of "cobblers weans".









no offense to anyone intended.

claymore wrote:Called Wight Dawn whilst sailing past them
No response
Are they just not sociable?

They were very sociable when we met them in Tobermory on Tuesday. Did you remember to switch on your set before calling them?

Maybe they just don't switch the VHF on? I seldom do when pottering on my own.

Hmm
Do you think you might get people calling you if you left it on?

claymore wrote:Hmm
Do you think you might get people calling you if you left it on?

Wouldn't matter if they did or not, I can't hear it or answer it from the helm anyway.

Arghiro wrote: Wouldn't matter if they did or not, I can't hear it or answer it from the helm anyway.

You and me both. It's just a battery drain when I'm driving.

So we can't rely on either of you guys to help when you are nearest to the casualty, 'cos you won't know?

sahona wrote:So we can't rely on either of you guys to help when you are nearest to the casualty, 'cos you won't know?

I won't know if a distress call comes in, whether or not my radio is switched on. If, however, you bang off a flare or otherwise attract my attention then you can be sure I'll do everything I humanly can to help.

ubergeekian wrote:

sahona wrote:So we can't rely on either of you guys to help when you are nearest to the casualty, 'cos you won't know?

I won't know if a distress call comes in, whether or not my radio is switched on. If, however, you bang off a flare or otherwise attract my attention then you can be sure I'll do everything I humanly can to help.

That really is most reassuring, however I suspect that most people getting into difficulties in coastal waters would probably make a VHF call before they resorted to flares.
I don't find the radio to be overly intrusive nor particularly a drain on the battery, I would feel uncomfortable if I was to learn that I might have helped someone in distress if only I had had the radio switched on.

claymore wrote:

ubergeekian wrote:

sahona wrote:So we can't rely on either of you guys to help when you are nearest to the casualty, 'cos you won't know?

I won't know if a distress call comes in, whether or not my radio is switched on. If, however, you bang off a flare or otherwise attract my attention then you can be sure I'll do everything I humanly can to help.

That really is most reassuring, however I suspect that most people getting into difficulties in coastal waters would probably make a VHF call before they resorted to flares.
I don't find the radio to be overly intrusive nor particularly a drain on the battery, I would feel uncomfortable if I was to learn that I might have helped someone in distress if only I had had the radio switched on.

+1

Donald

There was a "lilo" incident in Saltcoats recently - remember we've been living with Easterlies for a while.. If you were unable to hear the radio you may have missed the opportunity to save a young life. As it happens, the Gannets were out in their whirliebird and snatched the prize, but several boats were already searching.
I believe you should keep watch on CH16 and the local appropriate channel as much as possible not just for yourselves...