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Re: Questions about sea kayaking

Posted By: Kris Buttermore
Date: Friday, 23 March 2007, at 12:05 p.m.

In Response To: Re: Questions about sea kayaking (HenkA)

: So, the presence of other vessels that can save you made you decide to bring
: a VHF.

Other vessels' presence may make me change course/speed - they do not make me carry certain gear. I also don't see the VHF as a device "to save" me.

Both of these points are at the core of what I find wrong with how you frame these things. Your views are all about being saved (which I do not expect) and show a very limited view of VHF use (that does not reflect how/why I use mine).

It's a two way radio. I actually carry it mostly because it may allow me to help others. I carry one as a courtesy to everyone else on the water, to be part of the boating community. Boaters carry VHF - I'm a boater.

I'm far more likely to use it to call a tow boat in for a stranded motor boat (without VHF), or to call for help for an injured water skier, than to use it for myself. There are a lot more of those folks on the water.

My most likely use for myself would be to issue a "Securite" call to notify of my presence in busy commercial areas where captains tend not to expect kayaks and may freak out a bit, then misjudge my intentions/speed/heading. It's basically a courtesy call letting them know I'm there - and to just operate normally. I have yet to do this, as the call itself is likely to cause unnecessary disruptions.

Bottom line: VHF simply allows me to be a more responsible part of the on water community.

I usually keep it turned off, and I only recently began wearing it on PFD (as the new one has a perfect pocket). I generally don't need to keep it it on, as I am likely to be unaffected by whatever the chatter is about, or render assistance to the other larger vessels. Any assistance I could render as a kayaker will be to others in close proximity who I can see are in need, and I don't need radio for that.

Messages In This Thread

Questions about sea kayaking
Mathew Cardinali -- Tuesday, 6 February 2007, at 4:59 p.m.

Re: Questions about sea kayaking
HenkA -- Wednesday, 7 February 2007, at 12:13 p.m.

Re: Questions about sea kayaking
HenkA -- Wednesday, 7 February 2007, at 12:25 p.m.

Re: Questions about sea kayaking
Reg Lake -- Friday, 9 February 2007, at 10:28 a.m.

Re: Questions about sea kayaking
HenkA -- Friday, 9 February 2007, at 7:16 p.m.

Re: Questions about sea kayaking
Reg Lake -- Friday, 9 February 2007, at 10:44 p.m.

Re: Questions about sea kayaking
Andy Waddington -- Saturday, 10 February 2007, at 3:56 a.m.

Re: Questions about sea kayaking
HenkA -- Saturday, 10 February 2007, at 10:58 a.m.

Re: Questions about sea kayaking
Mike Savage -- Saturday, 10 February 2007, at 12:19 p.m.

Re: Questions about sea kayaking
HenkA -- Saturday, 10 February 2007, at 2:26 p.m.

Re: Questions about sea kayaking
Mike Savage -- Saturday, 10 February 2007, at 6:08 p.m.

Re: Questions about sea kayaking
Kris Buttermore -- Thursday, 22 March 2007, at 1:00 p.m.

Re: Questions about sea kayaking
HenkA -- Thursday, 22 March 2007, at 1:41 p.m.

Re: Questions about sea kayaking
Kris Buttermore -- Thursday, 22 March 2007, at 2:48 p.m.

Re: Questions about sea kayaking
HenkA -- Thursday, 22 March 2007, at 3:41 p.m.

Re: Questions about sea kayaking
Bryan Hansel -- Friday, 23 March 2007, at 12:17 a.m.

Re: Questions about sea kayaking
HenkA -- Friday, 23 March 2007, at 1:30 a.m.

Re: Questions about sea kayaking
Bryan Hansel -- Friday, 23 March 2007, at 11:15 a.m.

Re: Questions about sea kayaking
Kris Buttermore -- Friday, 23 March 2007, at 12:05 p.m.

Re: Questions about sea kayaking
Bryan Hansel -- Tuesday, 27 March 2007, at 12:55 a.m.

Re: Questions about sea kayaking
Andy Waddington -- Wednesday, 4 April 2007, at 5:25 p.m.

Re: Questions about sea kayaking
Bryan Hansel -- Sunday, 11 February 2007, at 11:28 p.m.

Re: Questions about sea kayaking
Bryan Hansel -- Sunday, 11 February 2007, at 11:30 p.m.

Re: Questions about sea kayaking
HenkA -- Sunday, 18 February 2007, at 11:48 a.m.

Re: Questions about sea kayaking
Bryan Hansel -- Sunday, 18 February 2007, at 1:00 p.m.

Re: Questions about sea kayaking
HenkA -- Sunday, 18 February 2007, at 9:33 p.m.

Re: Questions about sea kayaking
Bryan Hansel -- Sunday, 18 February 2007, at 10:42 p.m.

Re: Questions about sea kayaking
Andy Waddington -- Tuesday, 27 February 2007, at 6:48 a.m.

Re: Questions about sea kayaking
Bryan Hansel -- Tuesday, 27 February 2007, at 10:51 a.m.

Re: Questions about sea kayaking
HenkA -- Tuesday, 27 February 2007, at 1:40 p.m.

Re: Questions about sea kayaking
Andy Waddington -- Tuesday, 27 February 2007, at 6:00 p.m.

Re: Questions about sea kayaking
Bryan Hansel -- Sunday, 18 February 2007, at 1:06 p.m.

Re: Questions about sea kayaking
HenkA -- Sunday, 18 February 2007, at 9:42 p.m.

Re: Questions about sea kayaking
Bryan Hansel -- Sunday, 18 February 2007, at 10:48 p.m.

Re: Questions about sea kayaking
Andy Waddington -- Tuesday, 27 February 2007, at 6:29 a.m.

Re: Questions about sea kayaking
Kris Buttermore -- Thursday, 22 March 2007, at 1:09 p.m.

Re: Questions about sea kayaking
Alex Ferguson -- Friday, 23 March 2007, at 1:08 a.m.

Re: Questions about sea kayaking
Bryan Hansel -- Sunday, 11 February 2007, at 11:36 p.m.

Re: Questions about sea kayaking
Chris Ostlind -- Tuesday, 13 February 2007, at 1:51 p.m.

Re: Questions about sea kayaking
Bryan Hansel -- Tuesday, 13 February 2007, at 7:35 p.m.

Re: Questions about sea kayaking
Chris Ostlind -- Tuesday, 13 February 2007, at 7:50 p.m.

Re: Questions about sea kayaking
Andy Waddington -- Tuesday, 27 February 2007, at 8:22 a.m.

Re: Questions about sea kayaking
Bryan Hansel -- Tuesday, 27 February 2007, at 10:40 a.m.

Re: Questions about sea kayaking
Andy Waddington -- Tuesday, 27 February 2007, at 6:29 p.m.

Re: Questions about sea kayaking
Bryan Hansel -- Wednesday, 28 February 2007, at 1:39 p.m.

Re: Questions about sea kayaking
Robert N Pruden -- Tuesday, 20 February 2007, at 3:12 a.m.

Re: Questions about sea kayaking
Bryan Hansel -- Tuesday, 20 February 2007, at 10:01 p.m.

Re: Questions about sea kayaking
Alex Ferguson -- Thursday, 22 February 2007, at 3:49 p.m.

Re: Questions about sea kayaking
Chris Ostlind -- Thursday, 22 February 2007, at 4:02 p.m.

Re: Questions about sea kayaking
Robert N Pruden -- Thursday, 22 February 2007, at 9:02 p.m.

Re: Questions about sea kayaking
Bryan Hansel -- Friday, 23 February 2007, at 7:12 p.m.

Re: Questions about sea kayaking
Alex Ferguson -- Thursday, 22 February 2007, at 4:07 p.m.

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