VHF Afloat

by Sara Hopkinson

Overview

VHF Afloat explains how to use your VHF DSC radio. It covers licensing the equipment and gaining the operator certificate, and then takes you through each type of call. Each procedure is clearly illustrated using the yacht Sierra, to show how the radio is used on a passage to communicate with marinas, other vessels and the Coastguard, including how a MAYDAY is managed by the rescue services. Use VHF Afloat to help pass the assessment, and then keep it on board when you need to make a call - the facts will be right at your fingertips.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781912177417
Publisher:	Fernhurst Books Limited
Publication date:	11/14/2008
Sold by:	Bookwire
Format:	eBook
Pages:	80
File size:	30 MB
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About the Author

Sara Hopkinson is an experienced sailor, and a Yachtmaster Instructor and Examiner. She lives at Pin Mill in Suffolk where she runs an RYA Training Centre which specialises in navigation, radio, radar and first aid courses. She has also been a Coastguard Rescue Officer for many years and is now the Deputy Station Officer of HM Coastguard, Holbrook. She is also author of Fernhurst Books' Navigation: A Newcomer's Guide and VHF Companion.

Table of Contents

Foreword; Licences & certificates; Types of VHF set; What is the range of the set?; How to begin using a VHF radiotelephone; The DSC Controller; Which channel do I use?; What do I say?; Ship-to-ship routine communications; Routine communications with HMS Coastguard; Routine communications with marinas, ports & harbours; On passage with yacht Sierra; Distress procedures & Coastguard acknowledgement; What do I do if I hear a Mayday?; The Mayday relay; Pan Pan; Securite; Sierra - the return; EPRIBs; SARTs; NAVTEX; Radio channels; Glossary; Questions; Answers; Useful addresses; Mayday procedure card

Editorial Reviews

"...contains all relevant updates...step-by-step instructions and full colour photos take you through the whole subject." (Practical Boat Owner)
"...explanations are clear and easily understood and there are copious diagrams...well worth having aboard as a quick reference and refresher." (Sailing Today)

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