Although a good "general" statement, many harbors, approaches, commercial
operators, etc. may be monitoring channels and concentrating on one, that
are different to this norm.
For instance, when I'm working, I'm monitoring 16,14,06,65 (eg note, no
13), and at times I may not be in a position to readily hear 16, 06.
Also note that in some cases they will have one radio on dual watch (16,13)
and another on a "company" frequency, so that it's possible they may miss a
call on the "dual" watch set.

otn

"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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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.