gjgm
Active member
quite whats the purpose in giving the coastguard your passage plan. They dont check with your arrival port, do they, anyway.
Read this is only done in UK ?
Read this is only done in UK ?
coast guard and passage plans
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bilbobaggins
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Their take is that the primary responsibility for 'alerting overdue' lies with you - which means in practice that a member of your family - or someone similar - knows where you're going, what in and who with, and when you should be back. If you don't show up at home, they should get onto HMCG ( or whatever they're called this month ) and declare overdue. That's similar to what's expected if you go onto the hills....
The concept of passing a 'Traffic Report' - or your *simplified* passage plan - simply means that they will have something logged i.r.o. where you are at a specific time. Then any S&R effort later, when you don't arrive, can check back into the database and they then know where to start from, and what they're looking for.
On long delivery passages, and when R/T traffic is quiet, I let them know where I am every 6-8 hours or so. Again, It gives the S&R guys a much smaller 'search box' should something happen to me, I don't get a Distress Alert out, and I'm bobbing up and down in a liferaft. Having done the job in a previous century, I know how long it takes to 'line-search' even a well-defined planned track. Where nothing is known except that "They set off from Falmouth sometime over last weekend, and they may have gone to the Scillies, or maybe Plymouth, or perhaps they headed for Brittany........" , then it is next to impossible to find you swiftly enough to make a diference. Call it enlightened self interest.
I *do not* bother the coastguard when I'm boating about locally, within easy VHF cover.
The concept of passing a 'Traffic Report' - or your *simplified* passage plan - simply means that they will have something logged i.r.o. where you are at a specific time. Then any S&R effort later, when you don't arrive, can check back into the database and they then know where to start from, and what they're looking for.
On long delivery passages, and when R/T traffic is quiet, I let them know where I am every 6-8 hours or so. Again, It gives the S&R guys a much smaller 'search box' should something happen to me, I don't get a Distress Alert out, and I'm bobbing up and down in a liferaft. Having done the job in a previous century, I know how long it takes to 'line-search' even a well-defined planned track. Where nothing is known except that "They set off from Falmouth sometime over last weekend, and they may have gone to the Scillies, or maybe Plymouth, or perhaps they headed for Brittany........" , then it is next to impossible to find you swiftly enough to make a diference. Call it enlightened self interest.
I *do not* bother the coastguard when I'm boating about locally, within easy VHF cover.
DAKA
Well-known member
I once left the Humber pursued by a Fast Police boat, I latter found this was part of " Operation Sunshine" a crack down on drugs entering Grimsby and Immingham.
Sea state was poor and we were on a tight passage plan so I didn't want to stop or slow down, I opted to pretend not to have noticed the Police boat on an intercept course and carried on, they couldn't keep up with us and then out of the blue came a Black Rib with 6 Armed men wearing Flack jackets.
Sea state was so poor they were clinging on for their lives and had no chance to bear arms, never the less my crew started to get anxious.
I used Chanel 16 to give my passage plan and advised where our CG66 was held, the RIB stood down and we carried on, I don't know who was more relieved us or the poor sods in the RIB that wouldn't be able to sit down for a week after that !
That really is a complete and true story.
I give the coastguard a passage plan when
single handed
on remote coasts
in poor conditions
if anything starts to go wrong
I think a DSC distress call, or EPIRB will have a better chance of being taken note of if the coast guard knows you are out there and it isn't a false alarm.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I have a great respect for the boys in blue but not when on the water ,
they never use a VHF and in the past have tried several times to ram me into rocks on the Scottish Cliffs near Loch Long and Holly Loch, I have learned the safest approach is to outrun them to force communication on the VHF.
Sea state was poor and we were on a tight passage plan so I didn't want to stop or slow down, I opted to pretend not to have noticed the Police boat on an intercept course and carried on, they couldn't keep up with us and then out of the blue came a Black Rib with 6 Armed men wearing Flack jackets.
Sea state was so poor they were clinging on for their lives and had no chance to bear arms, never the less my crew started to get anxious.
I used Chanel 16 to give my passage plan and advised where our CG66 was held, the RIB stood down and we carried on, I don't know who was more relieved us or the poor sods in the RIB that wouldn't be able to sit down for a week after that !
That really is a complete and true story.
I give the coastguard a passage plan when
single handed
on remote coasts
in poor conditions
if anything starts to go wrong
I think a DSC distress call, or EPIRB will have a better chance of being taken note of if the coast guard knows you are out there and it isn't a false alarm.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I have a great respect for the boys in blue but not when on the water ,
they never use a VHF and in the past have tried several times to ram me into rocks on the Scottish Cliffs near Loch Long and Holly Loch, I have learned the safest approach is to outrun them to force communication on the VHF.
Nick_H
Active member
I think they might check with your arrival port if some unexpected heavy weather blew up
Medskipper
Active member
I think if you have informed CG with a TR (traffic report) they will expect to be notified when you have reached your destination, however I think it is still up to you to inform them that you have arrived safely! I'm not certain they will take any action if they do not hear from you!
Barry
Barry
hlb
RIP
It's all pointless, unless you tell some one on shore, where your going and ETA. Coast guard only act if they or you report none arival.
Artie
New member
Two years ago I set out from Guernsey for a Seaward Rally in Cowes. On leaving Guernsey in some pretty foul weather I reported my passage to St Peter Port and my e.t.a. at Cowes. St Peter Port wished me a good trip and asked me to report my arrival to Solent Coastguard.
Just North of Alderney and the at the "top" of the Race the sea was very confused and at one point we were lifed out of the water enough for me to land the Port prop directly on top of a pot marker effectively encasing the whole prop. I altered course and some time later ended up in Cherbourg where I could organise some repairs.
I felt that I should now let someone know where I was, so, as St Peter Port asked me to report to Solent C.G. I used my mobile phone to let them know where I was. To my surprise they said "What do we want to know that for? Why have you bothered to ring us?" - There was no answer to that!
Just North of Alderney and the at the "top" of the Race the sea was very confused and at one point we were lifed out of the water enough for me to land the Port prop directly on top of a pot marker effectively encasing the whole prop. I altered course and some time later ended up in Cherbourg where I could organise some repairs.
I felt that I should now let someone know where I was, so, as St Peter Port asked me to report to Solent C.G. I used my mobile phone to let them know where I was. To my surprise they said "What do we want to know that for? Why have you bothered to ring us?" - There was no answer to that!
David_Jersey
New member
My attitude is it's none of their f#cking business where I am going.
But each to their own.
But each to their own.
landaftaf
New member
I am shocked and suprised ........
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