On Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 7:29 PM, Derek <glamourpets_at_yahoo.com> wrote: > I've noticed that there has been a lot of freighter traffic in the Toronto > harbour lately. There are usually 3 boats within visible range most of the > time. Its unusual to see this much activity during the summer months, but > perhaps there is more traffic now that ice has recently melted. That seems likely to me. The shippers probably save enough money using Toronto to make it worth their while to let ships wait for a bit at the head of the waterway waiting for ice out. These craft are doing tight turns in limited space (relatively speaking). I > would expect them to be discussing their intentions on VHF, but I'm not > picking up anything on my marine handheld. Why not? > You didn't mention which channel you're monitoring but I would try Channel 13 (bridge-to-bridge) for communications with tugs and for talking to other ships. Otherwise try finding Toronto's vessel control frequencies and monitor those. Craig Jungers Moses Lake, WA *************************************************************************** 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 Tue Mar 24 2009 - 03:35:54 PDT
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