Since I initially asked the question... If you decide not to turn it on at all. Especially at the beginning of the trip or for a bit every hour or so, Are you not a hazard to navigation yourself? As well as not knowing what is going on. ie... If they had monitored the VHF for a bit the following morning, resources would not have been launched maybe?
And FYI, I am sick and tired of the diatribe I am sailing and therefore do not have to have my radio on due to the powerboaters talking. Maybe the powerboater is trying to reach you? LOLOLOL that should set off a firestorm [email protected] wrote: > > Arild and I agree most of the time, but not always. > > Sometimes the rules written for safety must be ignored for safety, > ashore or afloat. > > I find that in high traffic areas the chatter on the VHF is too > distracting for me to feel safe. I would rather concentrate on the > traffic around me and not have my attention diminished by trying to > figure out if the babble on the radio is something I need to respond to. > > I belive the Rules of the Road are sufficient in themselves to keep me > safe as long as I am aware of the presence and movement of floating > objects around me. It has worked for 32K miles so far. > > Yet occasionally I do get on the air to exchange some info with > another vessel when I am in doubt as to their intentions. The major > problem here is how to get the other vessel to pay attention. To this > end I am installing a AIS transponder so I can call the other vessel > by name. > > As for distress, in high traffic areas I am sure there are plenty of > other vessels that will hear a call for help. Offshore, where there > is very little chatter, and I just may hear a distress call, I do > keep a VHF watch on 16/13. > > > Norm > S/V Bandersnatch > Chesapeake Bay > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* > *To: *[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > *Sent:* 10/23/2009 8:59:17 PM > *Subject:* Re: [Liveaboard] VHF Monitoring > > TURN YOUR RADIO ON AND LEAVE IT ON WHILE USING THE BOAT > > . > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ 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
