On Wed, 25 Jan 2006 01:26:39 GMT, "Roger Long"
wrote:

True, but I'm just looking at coastal sailing in Maine at this point.
There are a lot of boats around and many of them commercial and USCG
inspected so it's pretty likely someone will pick up the signal.

Coastal Maine there is always someone around on channel 16. It's
really difficult to get out of sight of at least several working
lobster boats in my experience. You have to speak their language of
course, ayep.