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Re: Fatal interaction between yacht and ferry.
From: Lu Abel
Date: 2007 May 09, 21:28 -0700
From: Lu Abel
Date: 2007 May 09, 21:28 -0700
Bill wrote: > My question stands. You can see the craft--why not radio it??? > Bill: I find the willingness of commercial traffic to communicate with recreational vessels sometimes severely lacking. Many commercial mariners readily respond to hails from recreational craft. But I've also had the experience of having hails to commercial vessels (mostly to understand their navigational intent) totally ignored even though I clearly identified my boat and my location relative to the commercial vessel. This seems especially acute when you can't identify the vessel by name but rather identify it solely by position. I will have to admit that a hail on Channel 13 ofttimes works better than a hail on Ch 16. I suspect many commercial vessel watch standers develop a certain tone-deafness for traffic on 16. And I have to wonder if that is especially acute in a high vessel traffic area such as the English Channel where this accident took place. Lu Abel --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to NavList@fer3.com To , send email to NavList-@fer3.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---