"Arild Jensen" wrote: > As far as I am concerned a radio is not very helpful and in many cases > creates a false sense of security in the mind of boaters.
Couldn't agree more. If you consider a radio VHF or otherwise to provide quick response, good luck. A reporting tool, maybe. I have found the VHF radio for the most part to be about as useful as a set of breasts on a boar hog. You would be amazed how many blind spots there are on the Great Lakes. > My students were horrified to learn I sailed for over 10 years > without > a radio on board. I found the only radio that was really useful was the AM/FM for tunes, NPR and CBC. > In fact I had absolutely no electronics aboard > whatsoever. Makes 2 of us. > I am the idiot you might see sailing single handed with a safety > harness > on, even in daylight. Careful, people will get us confused.<grin> > Self sufficiency is the ONLY answer. Amen brother. I reminded of a conversation I had with Glen Yarbourgh of LimeLiters fame and an avid cruising sailor. Didn't carry an Epirb, didn't carry an emergency life raft. When I pursed the issue with him, he explained that if he chose to go into harms way, that was his decision, but he would not ask others to go in harms way to try to rescue him if he got in trouble. I understood. The Coast Guard is not a water based AAA. There is no AAA at sea. You are on your own. Isn't that one of the basic reasons you go to sea in the in the first place? Lew _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
