Every boat I've be a crew on always tunes in. Although the 1979 Fastnet Race is often mentioned... Tom
On 18/05/2011 14:35, "Dirk-Willem van Gulik" <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 18 May 2011, at 14:23, Robert Binney wrote: > >> I have been told that "no sailors listen to the Shipping Forecast" - can this >> be true? > > Well - if you have the money (and enough battery power and ample of pricey > thermal paper) - you get it off your navtex(1) or from the met-office feed of > immarsat(2). But I've found myself in a situation more than once where > knowing that you could be having _reliable_ warnings with just a simple > battery & radio independent of it all was very reassuring. > > Dw. > > 1: > http://www.frisnit.com/cgi-bin/navtex/view.cgi?NAVAREA=1&action=browse&TYPE=24 > H - the MET ones. > 2: http://www.opc.ncep.noaa.gov/shtml/UKMHSFAT > > > - > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please > visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. > Unofficial list archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
