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Downbucket
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Initially Posted - 06/01/2006 :  21:02:29  Show Profile
Hi:

I thought some of you might be interested in these emergency instruction sheets I composed and post in a conspicuous place on board Wingapo. In addition, I instruct each new guest on the location of these sheets, the location of the VHF radio, and how to operate the radio. I will post these under four topic headings: May Day, Pan Pan, Man Overboard, and Fighting a Fire.

Will

MAYDAY

Only when grave and imminent danger threatens life or property and immediate help is required.

Transmit on Channel 16 on VHF Radio


1. “MAYDAY … MAYDAY … MAYDAY”

2. “THIS IS WINGAPO … THE WINGAPO … THE WINGAPO.”

3. “MAYDAY. THE WINGAPO POSITION IS:
(State boat position in degrees and minutes of latitude North or South and longitude East or West.)

LATITUDE

“______ Degrees ______ Minutes ______ (North or South).”

AND

LONGITUDE

“______ Degrees ______ Minutes ______ (East or West).”

OR

“My bearing is ______ Degrees (True or Magnetic).”

“And I am ______ nautical miles from ______________________ (well-known navigation landmark).”

4. “We (state nature of emergency)___________________________________.”

5. “We require (state type of assistance required)_______________________.”

6. “On board are (state number of adults and children)___________________.”

“State safety equipment on board __________________________________.”

“State condition of any injured ____________________________________.”

7. “The WINGAPO is a 25 foot sail boat with a sand color hull and brown stripe.”

8. “I will be listening on Channel 16.”

9. “This is the WINGAPO. Over.”
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bbriner
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Response Posted - 06/04/2006 :  13:39:11  Show Profile
"Mayday" is the internationally recognized voice radio signal for ships and people in serious trouble at sea. Made official in 1948, it is an anglicizing of the French m'aidez, "help me".

from
http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/traditions/html/navyterm.html#mayday
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At Ease
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Response Posted - 06/04/2006 :  13:57:03  Show Profile
One suggestion regarding the "Bearing." The direction measured for a bearing is from the boat toward the object (assuming you can see one). And, if this was a true emergency, it would be magnetic off the compass as you would not take time to convert it to true.

So your sample would read: "My bearing is 120* to the xpz lighthouse." If you had no objects available to use, the only thing you could give would be your heading.
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stampeder
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Response Posted - 06/05/2006 :  15:37:15  Show Profile
A good description of where you are is often what saves people in emergencies.
If you broadcast your position in lat & Lon, you are giving the coast guard and emergency responders the best possible info BUT most often, it is a civilian that responds first on inland waterways and within 3 miles of the coast. So, be able to describe where you are to semi-prepared people who just happen to be within first response distance.
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