Recent content by Mike_Martin

The Pontoon off Gravesend Town Pier is now in place and is expected to be available for use in mid-April. http://www.kentonline.co.uk/gravesend_messenger/news/2012/march/13/update_yacht_moorings_complet.aspx I understand that the Gravesend to Tilbury Ferry is moving its operation to it as well.

I find it quite interesting to see that that the place where I live has been renamed by google in defiance of more than 2,000 years of history. That map has overlaid the area of Northfleet with the name of a river that has only been called Ebbsfleet for just over a century and which was known...

It's quite funny, I haven't been around these Forums for a few years now but I've come back and I feel quite at home. Some things don't change.

I did a search but couldn't see this mentioned any where but there is a petition in need of signature as it has been decided that it would be a fantastic idea to save the Ross Revenge from obscurity in Tilbury by mooring her in the Thames at Gravesend. The plan includes allowing public access to...

Just to show how that looked, here is a nice piccy:

I'd like to add in my tuppence worth to Conrad's introduction. This project if successful has the potential to elevate the concept of boating in the community in this area of Kent. Acting not only as a sensible halfway house on the Thames (away from river moorings) but also reconnecting the...

[ QUOTE ] can't follow the maths, they pay £48k now at a 50% discounted rate, so where does the £250k come from? [/ QUOTE ] Haven't been around for a while but I can help with this. The fee paid by the RNLI is for their nationwide use of private channels 0 and 00 and it was based on the...

I always recommend reading the "whole" article before commenting! In this case http://www.mcga.gov.uk/c4mca/mcga-dops_p...0&year=2005 They didn't use their VHF as it had been lost to flooding. In other circumstances this could have resulted in loss of life for example if they had've been...

[ QUOTE ] i thought i would get in trouble for that....i meant radio 1 of course. [/ QUOTE ] Don't be shy just explain to him that you estimated his age based on the demographic of the usual "Radio Check" requesters Mike

ICOM's have sensibly sized screens and buttons, the problem is that because of that they don't cost a tenner so people buy the "micro" stuff. Mike

[ QUOTE ] guiness. [/ QUOTE ] Sounds like a plan. Who wants to work anyway Mike

[ QUOTE ] Now if there were just the one DB........... [/ QUOTE ] Yeah, been there suggested that! Safety first and damn the running cost. Probably a big part of the decision to find me "redundant" [ QUOTE ] hope things are going well for you [/ QUOTE ] Not too bad have just got back from...

Ofcom supplies all the data supplied to MARS, the difference is that they get it updated every fortnight. Of course it is possible that this has changed since my exit from Ofcom but I can't see it This data includes: Vessel name, MMSI, callsign, EPIRB Hex ID, vessel type, 24 hour emergency...

[ QUOTE ] re the CG and MMSI numbers there was a thread over on PBO a couple of weeks ago that went into this in depth. However I would point out that in the case of both false alams I heard the parties with the requisite numbers responded imediately to the CG voice calls to the numbers. I got...

Re: Ship\'s radio licencing Free on-line licensing and no renewals still on-target, I think they're hoping to introduce in about a year.