Bill Bradshaw wrote: > > The real shame of this is if one of them had of been carrying a portable > VHF radio in a dry suit pocket they might have all lived. Kind of goes > with carrying certain safety equipment in your PFD pockets. Agreed. Another aspect of this incident which puzzles me is that it is SOP for the local CG unit to establish a "radio guard" on each craft involved in a risky patrol. The radio guard involves regular checkins, including a position estimate, with the base. If the craft does not respond, then they go looking, and know where to look. Could be, since this was a law enforcement patrol, the radio guard would have compromised the mission. -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sun Mar 25 2001 - 13:53:37 PST
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