Mayday, Mayday...
 

On Feb 1, 8:33*pm, wrote:
On Sun, 1 Feb 2009 15:58:22 -0800 (PST), wrote:
On Feb 1, 6:27*pm, Wayne.B wrote:
On Sun, 1 Feb 2009 15:17:51 -0800 (PST), wrote:
How far away from you were they? Too far to go yourself?

We were about 5 miles away but there was no way we could get to them
back in the boondocks where they were. *We were in our 49 foot trawler
drawing over 5 feet of water.

O..... Just wondered. Wasnt trying to be smart.

Then there's Scotty, who tries to be smart, but can't.

And then there's salty, who'll ruin a decent thread in a heartbeat.....

Mayday, Mayday...
 

On Feb 2, 8:29*am, wrote:
On Feb 1, 8:33*pm, wrote:

On Sun, 1 Feb 2009 15:58:22 -0800 (PST), wrote:
On Feb 1, 6:27*pm, Wayne.B wrote:
On Sun, 1 Feb 2009 15:17:51 -0800 (PST), wrote:
How far away from you were they? Too far to go yourself?

We were about 5 miles away but there was no way we could get to them
back in the boondocks where they were. *We were in our 49 foot trawler
drawing over 5 feet of water.

O..... Just wondered. Wasnt trying to be smart.

Then there's Scotty, who tries to be smart, but can't.

And then there's salty, who'll ruin a decent thread in a heartbeat.....

just wondering (new to boating)............should this distress call
have been a Pan-Pan call instead of a May-Day?

Mayday, Mayday...
 

On Tue, 3 Feb 2009 11:41:35 -0800 (PST), Shecki
wrote:

On Feb 2, 8:29*am, wrote:
On Feb 1, 8:33*pm, wrote:

On Sun, 1 Feb 2009 15:58:22 -0800 (PST), wrote:
On Feb 1, 6:27*pm, Wayne.B wrote:
On Sun, 1 Feb 2009 15:17:51 -0800 (PST), wrote:
How far away from you were they? Too far to go yourself?

We were about 5 miles away but there was no way we could get to them
back in the boondocks where they were. *We were in our 49 foot trawler
drawing over 5 feet of water.

O..... Just wondered. Wasnt trying to be smart.

Then there's Scotty, who tries to be smart, but can't.

And then there's salty, who'll ruin a decent thread in a heartbeat.....

just wondering (new to boating)............should this distress call
have been a Pan-Pan call instead of a May-Day?

Not really. A Pan-Pan call is really more for information that
outright distress which requires a Mayday. In this instance, the
situation held imminent danger and thus, the Mayday.

For instance, if you have an overboard situation, but can effect
rescue, Pan-Pan would be appropriate to warn other vessels of the
situation, etc. Or onboard fire now extinguished. However if the
overboard gets out of control (as in drifting away from rescue, lost
sight, etc.), then that's a Mayday. Or the fire flares up again.

That doesn't mean that a Pan-Pan can't be turned into a Mayday at any
time - it's more of a notification to the surrounding vessels,
vicinity, authorities that a situation has occurred, efforts are
underway to ameliorate the emergency and everything to this point is
under some sort of control.

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