On Thu, 06 Jul 2006 11:40:02 GMT, "Roger Long"
wrote:

I'm not sure the ferry captains would care or bother to yak with every
small boat out there. I'm quite comfortable with the radio.

Most commercial vessels monitor 13 and 16 all of the time and are
quick to respond to a call on 13 in my experience. You need to learn
their language with regard to passing on "one whistle" or "two
whistles". That's how they generally communicate with each other and
it's much more effective than actual horn signals.