CG66

[Twister_Ken]

CG66 has been mentioned in admiring terms elsewhere in the forum recently.

Does anyone else have a nagging suspicion that it represents a back-door way of collecting data which might be regarded as fiscal rather than coastal?

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[Happy1]

STOP DUPLICATING THREADS n.m

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[tr7v8]

I've a feeling you could be right with this, certainly a common data base for info.

Especially give the deviousness of the current goverment!

Jim
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[david_e]

I think if you are parked in a Marina then you would be an easy catch, the way this subject gets bandied around worries me, is there something in some paper/manifesto somewhere.

Haven't got round to sending mine in yet, what are the consequences of not doing so?

As I see it, you are in trouble, you call up, give em your postion, boat and crew details, they either respond or don't. Notwithstanding DSC stuff etc which would obviously alter things.

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[andy_wilson]

I've just received a print-out of my data from Solent MRSC asking me to review and send back or they will destroy the record.

They claim to have 5000 on computer and are fearing it is out of date.

The data I studiously submitted, and the print out I received differ widely in some respects.

As no doubt registered under data protection act, they have to ensure it is accurate, and they are not allowed to use the data for any purpose other that the reason they have it for in the first place.

I've faxed mine back to Brixham instead as we contine to head West.

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[Happy1]

David,

The CG66 is a Voluntary Safety Identification Scheme run by the MCA, it is not compulsary and therefore you have nothing to be caught for. With regards to DSC this is all explained on your VHF DSC Course. You have to register your MMSI number but that is another matter not what you are on about.

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[charles_reed]

Wouldn\'t you

be wise to leave such matters to the webmaster.

I'd hate to be the first to call you bossyboots

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[Happy1]

Re: Wouldn\'t you

Just pointing out what was pointed out to me by snailbagtheslimmer on the VHF Licences Explained thread.

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[AndrewB]

Thanks charles ...

... that reminder was needed.

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[Happy1]

Re: Thanks charles ...

Andrew if you open mine I think you will see a smiley face unlike the other one /forums/images/icons/wink.gif

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[charles_reed]

I would hesitate to use the term paranoid and I'm sure it has more to do with the natural pessimism engendered by sailing a narrow-beamed Holman & Pye design to windward in the N Sea.

mind you probably get over it when you own a Bavaria.

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[bedouin]

The implication being that if he owned a Bavaria he would have to give up sailing to windward at all?

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[TheBoatman]

Ken
I'm a great believer in the CG66 system. I don't think that HMCG would use the info for anything other than that, which it was intended for, which is your safety.
If you give all the relevant info about your boat, then if you get into trouble they at least know what your vessel looks like and what equipment you carry aboard. For instance if you list an EPIRB they know to listen for the signal. You may have a PLB operating on 121.5 then they relay that info to the lifeboat which can search on that frequency.
As a RNLI sea check advisor I would always "reccommend" that you fill out a CG 66 to aid in rescue should the need arise.

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[qsiv]

I find it disturbing that the lifeboat doesnt monitor for a PLB, unless previously notified that you have one on board. Out of interest does the same hold true for SART's as well?

I'm sufficiently concerned that I have emailed them to suggest that it may be better practice to maintain a listening watch irrespective of such knowledge.

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[kimhollamby]

As you are an apprentice webmaster...

you will know that nm (no message) is an encouragement to people not to open your post, hence they would not have seen your Happy(?) face.

At risk of sounding a bit churlish, the look and feel of what happens here is my concern, not yours unless we give you a job. Currently there are no vacancies...

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[kimhollamby]

Which was...

...on another forum.

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[Happy1]

Re: As you are an apprentice webmaster...

I think I was trying to be clever and funny after being on the end of a similar one, but it has backfired. I hope I am not the only one to get into trouble over this, I was led astray by others /forums/images/icons/wink.gif At least I put my smiley face in mine, although as you say it would not be opened, I had no smiley faces in the one against me. It will be interesting to look at their telling off /forums/images/icons/smile.gif

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[Cornishman]

I have more of a nagging suspicion that you are running out of subjects on which to post, Ken.........
CG 66 has been going for years, it used to be on a form of Cardex before computers became fashionable.. Why question it now? If it was no good or being used for nefarious purposes (which is now illegal, anyway) it would have died about the time Cap'n Cook discovered Oz

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[Happy1]

Twister, sorry if my post appeared rude, the one about the joke telling you not to duplicate, the one against me before I put this on, was on the Motor Boat forum VHF explained thread, and perhaps some people do not look there, so would not understand the joke /forums/images/icons/wink.gif

Cheers,

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[pandroid]

No.

I visited the CG the other day and they have CG66 linked into their computers. If they type in the name of your boat to their log, their system automatically 'flags' whether they have a 66 on you. They like it not only 'cos it tells them about you if you go missing, but also if they find the boat one day without its owner (i.e its departed from its mooring... - apparently common) They then have a phone no they can call to see if you should have been with it...

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