Anyone who goes further off shore than the driveway shold have one, And learn
how to use it! It isn't a CB, don't use it that way. Anyone who can afford a
boat can afford a radio.
Sailboat folks often don't turn theirs on, and therefore don't have to monitor
chan. 16 (emergency hailing and distress).

'Course they are more often then not the folk in need of help..(the engine I
haven't looked at in 6 months won't start, I have a line wraped around the
prop, I have no fuel,etc)
In short, everyone who might someday need help or wish to give help needs a
marine VHF radio.
It's easy to die out there guys, let's try to help ourselves.

Mike