T&T: Fishermen, wakes and other such things.

[Bill Allen]

Well it's a shame, I encountered quite a few sail boats that wouldn't 
answer. I even had one (a small boat) hog the very middle of the dismal 
swamp, never answered, never moved over, made me go way over to get around 
him and wound up hitting something fortunally no damage. Than flipped me 
off. I mean a handheld would work just fine for these situaions. Bill
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <dd@gregsteckel.com>
To: <trawlers-and-trawlering@lists.samurai.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2006 11:20 AM
Subject: Re: T&T: Fishermen, wakes and other such things.


> As an ex-sailboater, I think I can answer that for you - most smaller
> sailboats (30' to 40') do not have radios in the cockpit and can not
> normally hear the VHF from below or elect to ignore it; some also keep the
> radio off unless needed to save battery when under sail.
>
>
> Greg Steckel
> M/V Different Drummer
> President 35 Sundeck
> Frog Mortar Creek, MD
>
> www.chesapeaketrawlering.com
> www.fmyc.org
>  ----- Original Message ----- 
>  From: Ralph
>  To: trawlers-and-trawlering@lists.samurai.com
>  Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2006 11:00 AM
>  Subject: Re: T&T: Fishermen, wakes and other such things.
>
>
>  In over half a century of bluewater boating, I have never been able to
> make
>  radio contact with a sailboat. For some unfathomable reason, sailboaters
> do
>  not monitor their radios. Every week-end I hear the Navy trying to make
>  contact with a sailboat to no avail. I guess it's a "sailboat" thing to 
> be
>  oblivious to ones surroundings.
>
>  Ralph Salerno
>  M/V ANCORA
>  Warm & sunny San Diego
>
>  > down the ICW.  As he overtakes a sailboat under power, he attempts to
> hail
>  the
>  > boat to organize a "slow pass" but doesn't get an answer from the
>  sailboat.
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