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bernie-woman

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 7824
Location: shropshire

Posted: Mon Jul 30, 07 7:11 am Post subject:
The boat looks lovely - they are cheaper than I thought they were my OH has been wittering about bying a boat for the past few months and I have ignored him on the basis that we would have to spend much more than ï¿½2k Why are boats called 'she'

Fee

Joined: 21 Mar 2005
Posts: 15922
Location: Earth

Posted: Sat Aug 04, 07 9:18 pm Post subject:

It's Paul not Fee here

but please please please get a VHF radio, the coastguard can use the signal to direction find and pinpoint your location. When I was a lifeboat crew we used to spend hours searching people who'd run out of fuel and didn't have a clue where they were.

Looks like a good boat to me. I'd keep to the little engine if it was me though, burn less fuel, easier to move and lift and a non planing boat like that won't go any faster than it's hull speed no matter how much power you put into it.

Have fun

Jonnyboy

Joined: 29 Oct 2004
Posts: 23956
Location: under some rain.

Posted: Sat Aug 04, 07 9:28 pm Post subject:

Cheers for the advice, you're right about the engine. I was originally thinking about a 15 but with that hull I might either leave the 4 or max out with an 8 or 9.9.

It's also a good point about the vhf, but I've found the course way overpriced and oversubscribed over here, and I really don't go further than line of sight from newcastle RNLI station. I may just get a vhf and risk the consequences if I need to use it unlicensed.

Fee

Joined: 21 Mar 2005
Posts: 15922
Location: Earth

Posted: Sat Aug 04, 07 10:17 pm Post subject:

It's dead easy,

remember when you have the button pressed only you can talk.

say who you're trying to talk to, (local coastguard) say who you are (fishing vessel 'for sail') say what you want to say, could we have a radio check please' etc and then say 'over'.

IIRC it's channel 16 to get hold of the c'guard in an emergency.

you should be able to get a small handheld job for under ï¿½100.

It means that if the worst comes to the worst and you need a tow the lifeboat will get given a grid ref to go to rather than 'the white boat south of the headland'. Of course murphy's law states quite clearly that if you spend a wad of your hard earned on a VHF you'll never need it but there we go..

mackrel are delicious though....

dougal

Joined: 15 Jan 2005
Posts: 7184
Location: South Kent

Posted: Sat Aug 04, 07 11:15 pm Post subject:

According to the RYA:

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Maritime Radio Operator's Certificate
Without a maritime radio operator's certificate, a VHF radio may be monitored for safety purposes or used to summon assistance in a distress situation, but it may not be used for general transmissions. General transmissions can only be made by a licensed operator or by someone under the direct supervision of a licensed operator.

However, the 'Ship Radio' equipment would need to be licensed!
https://www.rya.org.uk/KnowledgeBase/regulationsandsafety/ukcoastalwaters/vhflicencing.htm

I'd also suggest that a proper chart of the local area and a sighting compass would be an absolute minimum of navigational equipment. A basic (hiker's rainproof) GPS would be a nice suppliment.

I'd further suggest a waterproof torch and a sea-anchor as being highly desirable (and pretty inexpensive) safety items.

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