> > Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 19:17:13 -0700 > From: Dave Kruger <dkruger_at_pacifier.com> > Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] crossing ship channels safely > Steve, I suspect we have a case of miscommunication here. I was > not imagining DAVE--I think you are right, we do have a case of miscommunication here. I didn't think you or Duane would be routinely hitting the VHF to warn ships that you're crossing a lane. I agree that it is prudent to warn ships that have strayed and are heading towards you, although I have not been in that predicament. > Duane (or myself) would routinely hit the VHF simply to warn > shipping traffic > of our crossing a shipping lane. Rather, the experience of > others indicates > that sometimes ships stray from the lane significantly, so that > **on occasion** > you might find one headed your way, even though you are out of > the lane (or, > think you are). In that circumstance, the prudent thing to do is > to inform the > captain of your location re: his position **before** the closing distance > represents a collision hazard. > I have never, in some > eight seasons > of paddling these waters, been even close to using the VHF to > warn a ship of my > presence. But, I might use it, in the right situation. I have used it to warn a commercial squid boat that was heading into the harbor at full throttle, that I was dead ahead--All I could see was the bottom of his bow and the bow wave. Fortunately he slowed down after I called. I also used the VHF to warn pleasure boats that were leaving a local pleasure boat harbor that there was a party of 3 kayaks about a 1/4 mile from the harbor entrance and that we were coming in. This happened on a day where we had a sudden fog bank come up and visibility was about 50 feet. Steve *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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