Ryk wrote in
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Or, of course PAN PAN if the situation is "urgent" but has not yet
become a matter of "distress". If I was taking on enough water to make
me worry I couldn't keep up with it I would skip the SECURITE.

Ryk


If my feet were wet and I couldn't stop it rising, I'd skip all this 1930's
radio crap and trip the 406 EPIRB to get some help out there, fast. That's
what it's for, ya know!....

I'll talk to 'em on the radio when they call me to check on the EPIRB
emergency...after they've scrambled the choppers and fast boats...thanks.

Remember the kid calling for help 13 miles off Maine after his daddy fell
overboard, getting no answer until he'd drifted way down to Long Island
when some trawler found him adrift? Don't depend on anyone listening to
the "Marina Channel", 16, and all the noises they make.....