wrote

I'd still say try regular maritime ssb freqs first, especially if you
don't hold a ham license. I've got to agree with Jack here. HOwever
I'd want anything in my favor I could get were I sailing blue water,
and ham radio is another tool in my kit.

Richard Webb, amateur radio callsign nf5b
active on the Maritime Mobile service network, 14.300 mhz
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I forget where I found this list.
Ham Maritime Nets: All Times UTC (as of Sept. 2004)

0100 3.935 Gulf Coast Hurricane Net - Daily
0100 21.407 Pacific-Indian Ocean Net - Daily
0200 14.303 Cal-Hawaii net Daily
0200 14.313/300 Pacific Seafarers Net - Daily
0200 7.290 Hawaii PM Net M - F
0220 14.315 Traveler's Net
0330 14.040 Cruising Club M/M CW Net
0400 14.115 Canadian DDD Net
0400 14.075 PAC CW Traffic Net M-W-F
0400 14.314 Pacific Maritime Mobile Net
0500 21.200 VK / NZ African Net
0500 14.280 USA\Australia Traffic Net
0530 14.303 Swedish Maritime Net
0530 14.314 Pacific Maritime Net
0630 14.180 Pitcairn Net
0630 14.320 South African Maritime Net
0700 14.265 Pacific Island Net
0700 14.310 Guam Area Net
0715 3.820 Bay of Islands Net
0800 7.280 Australia Traffic Net
0800 14.315 Pacific Inter Island Net
0900 14.300 Mediterranean M.M. Net
0900 7.080 Canary Island Net ??
1000 14.330 Pacific Gunkholers Net
1000 14.300 German Maritime Mobile Net
1030 3.815 Caribbean Weather Net
1030 14.265 Barbados Cruising Net
1100 3.750 Marine Weather Net
1100 7.230/40 Caribbean M\M Net
1100 14.283 Friendly Connection
1130 14.320 South African M/M Net
1130 21.325 South African Round Table
1200 14.040 Maritime Mobile CW Net
1200 14.332 Young Ladies Emergency Net
1200 14.320 Southeast Asia Net
1245 7.268 East Coast Waterway Net
1400 7.292 Florida Coast Net
1400 3.963 Sonisa Net
1500 7.193 Alaska Net
1545 14.340 Marquises Net
1600 7.238.5 Baja California Maritime Net
1600 14.300 Maritime Mobile Service Network (summer)
1630 7.285 Serape Net Sunday
1630 21.350 Pitcairn Net Friday
1630 14.340 Californian Hawaiian Net M - F
1700 7.240 Bajco M/M Net M - F
1700 14.287 USPS-CPS Net Saturday
1700 14.300 Maritime Mobile Service Network (winter)
1700 14.329 Skippers' Net Daily
1730 14.292 Alaska Net M - F
1730 14.115 Canadian DDD Net M - F
1800 14.285 Kaffee-Kiatch JN_NE M-W-Sat
1800 14.303 U-K Maritime Net Daily
1800 7.076 South Pacific Cruising Net
1800 7.197 South Pacific Sailing Net
1830 14.340 Manana M/M Net Warm Up M-Sat
1900 14.340 Manana M/M Net M-Sat
1900 7.255 West Pacific Net Daily
1900 7.285 Shamru Net
1900 21.390 Halo Net
1900 14.329 Bay of Islands Net
1900 3.855 Friendly Net
1900 3.990 Northwest Maritime Net
2000 7.060 VK Maritime Net
2030 14.303 Swedish Maritime Net
2100 14.315 Tony's Net
2100 21.390 North South America's Net
2130 14.318 Daytime Pacific Net
2130 14.290 East Coast Waterway Net
2200 21.350 Pitcairn Net Tues
2200 21.414 Pacific Maritime Net M - F
2230 3.185 Caribbean Weather Net Daily
2230 21.404 15-Meter Pacific Maritime Net M - F
2310 14.285 Cal-South Pacific Net - Mondays
2330 21.325 South-Atlantic Roundtable - Daily
2400 14.320 SEA marine Mobile Net- Daily

Jack Painter
Virginia Beach, Virginia