Coalition Warship ??

Lady Campanula said:
"Coalition Warship, this is Sailing Yacht Cantankerous. I am exercising my right of innocent passage and am under sail.

In accord with the International Rules For Prevention of Collision At Sea, kindly keep clear of me by at least 600 metres.

Out."

;)
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PS ....and as well as that I'm racing!
 
Bosun Higgs said:
Well that trumps everything.:D

But I do wonder what law there is that allows them to declare a 600m no entry zone. I suspect there isnt one and just like with firing ranges you can ignore them or tell them top go play elsewhere. Anyone know?
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I thınk it is covered in the Merchant Shipping and Maritime Security Act 1997.
In the med it has usually been 500m!
 
We were off the Queensland coast, just outside the exclusion zone for a joint Aussie/US landing exercise – just around dinner time. The weather was pretty dull so we decided to heave to for the meal and watch the show by eye, night vision glasses and radar.

All of a sudden, “American Warship 123” challenged us on Ch 16 by name, warned that we were close to the exclusion zone and that the boat would be seized if we entered it - and asked our intentions.

We thanked them for the call, explained we were half a mile from the exclusion zone, heaved to and were in fact slowly moving away from the zone.

With respect to our intentions, we then advised that we were still considering what pudding to have, but that we would definitely be having coffee afterwards.

They don’t have a great sense of humour, these Septics.

I must admit we were a little miffed that we, an Australian flagged yacht in Australian waters, could be challenged by a US warship (how would you feel if the French did that in the Solent?)

But the scariest thing was, they must have been close enough to read our name on the bow (in the dark), yet we never saw them – no lights, no radar return near-by and nothing through the night vision.
 
Under the Wireless Telegraphy Act, (and marine licence conditions) in UK territorial waters, it is an offence to transmit without using a correct identifiable call-sign. "Coalition Warship" is not an identifiable call-sign. Name of vessel, the MMSI or International call-sign are the only acceptable means of identification.

The Coast Guard was absolutely correct in calling HMS Dasher direct. Call-signs are to be transmitted and the commencement and completion of all radio traffic.

Under wartime conditions this would change.
 
I listened to an interesting conversation a few years ago between a UK warship and one of the Troon fishing boats fishing in the Arran trench on the east side of Arran.......after the warship suggested to the fishing vessel that he remained a certain distance away the FV skipper then spent 5 minutes explaining to the warship using the "F" word in every sentence that as he had fished these waters for 40 years and his father for 40 years before that maybe it was the warship that should move....after a couple of minutes of silence the warship advised that he was changing his mind and moving to a differant area!!

FV 1 RN 0.

:-)
 
lenseman said:
Under the Wireless Telegraphy Act, (and marine licence conditions) in UK territorial waters, it is an offence to transmit without using a correct identifiable call-sign. "Coalition Warship" is not an identifiable call-sign. Name of vessel, the MMSI or International call-sign are the only acceptable means of identification.

The Coast Guard was absolutely correct in calling HMS Dasher direct. Call-signs are to be transmitted and the commencement and completion of all radio traffic.

Under wartime conditions this would change.
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Agreed David but Pusser don't always practice what it preaches.

Diamond came in yesterday. No AIS. Dead sneaky huh. Think we can't see them :D
 
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