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how long a trip do you go on before you infrom cg of your intentions? bay hopping .no? marina to next port? greater than 25nm? or only when your going somewhere that you haven't been before? and what do you tell them?
 
tells an interesting story i think? i know what i do, but suspect many do nothing at all ? therefore unable /unwilling to comment?
 
Me too - I've never informed the coastguard, and I'm not sure whether I ever will.

There was a thread on here a few months ago about the CG66 (?) forms we're recommended to complete and submit before making any trip, but it would be interesting to hear what percentage of MOBO-ers actually bother to do it................
 
I'd do the CG66 (its a one-time thing, details here) - amoungst other things you can now include a picture of your boat which can only help them in locating/identifying the boat should the anything happen.

I don't bother telling the coastguard of our passage plans though - I think on a mobo where most passages are completed in a few hours and in daylight its less of an issue. I do make sure someone on shore knows our plans though - which is sensible whether you let the coastguard know or not - because the coastguard aren't going to search for you unless someone raises an alarm.

Rick
 
For any normal trip in reasonable conditions I doubt if many people do at all, motor or sail. If I considered it necessary because of bad conditions or because I anticipated difficulties, I probably wouldn't set off.

I think it is something that harks back to days gone by when there were fewer boats, navigation equipment was a chart and a compass, and few boats carried a radio or telephone. There were probably more coastguards too.
 
The important thing is to inform a reliable person (Wife, Brother, Mother etc) that you can trust to inform the CG if you fail to report in when you say you will.
I only inform the CG if the passage time would be over 2 hours at sea. I would not bother say if I went to Tichmarsh or the river Alde, but would if I went to Brighlingsea from Ipswich.
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Agree this is the best option.

I only give Passage Plan to CG if F5 and above and off shore, fog or if anything starts to go wrong.

I give Passage Plan when single handed over 100 nm on remote coats.

I do have EPIRB and DSC and would be inclined to pass details on with out these.
 
I have done a couple of times when we first started crossing the channel but don't do it anymore. Not sure why /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif

Wouldn't bother if coast hopping/staying in site of land.
 
this was taught,,, well maybe came up as best practice- in the YM. It was mainly raggies on the course though. I did ask this question a while back of the forum;rather forgotten the answer now, but i think the only advantage being that if your land colleague/wife reports you late or missing, then the coastguard have some idea where they might start looking,using your plan times,wind tides etc. Otherwise, its a big sea, especially if weather is poor.
 
I call in a plan for cross-channel, and call in arrival at the other end. Like someone says, they don't do anything with it unless someone reports you missing but an 80-100 mile run across channel can bring all sorts of conditions en-route.
 
I've never informed the coastguard, but I have filled out my CG form.

What about the ships log, does anyone fill that in ? and how detailed does it have to be. I haven't even got a log book yet but it was mentioned to me yesterday on my Dayskipper course (they're all raggies) that I do need to get one.

What about if I get out past Cowes, up to the first buoy to see if choppy, kids and missus bleat about choppiness and swell and I decide to go back how much of that if any do I stick into log ?
 
ok. own up , who actually phones relative/friend to say we are setting off now to blah blah? and then calls them three hours later to say we've arrived!!. i can't believe may do ? and if you forget to call are you really suggesting that friend /family should then inform CG for full scale search?!.
 
i also know of some areas around cornwall , when on swinging mooring, where its almost impossible to get phone to work.
so picture the scene, tied up to swinging mooring, glass of wine in one hand, as the lifeboat passes you by at 8pm on a search and rescue mission. ummm wonder who they are looking for? that would be you then!
 
I live in Guernsey and so report to St Peter Port Radio (no CG here) my departure if I am going to UK, Jersey or France. I then inform the CG in UK when I arive. If France I will not report as I havent a clue who to report to. Again on leaving France I do not report because there is no one to report to.

As I mentioned in a previous post some time ago when I left Guernsey for the I.O.W. . St Peter Port asked me to contact Solent CG on my arrival. Misfortune led me to Cherbourg, as a result I felt duty bound to phone Solent CG with the news that I had diverted and the lady CG said "What are you telling me that for?" Now I feel that there is little point in all this radio chatter to CG as no track is kept of your movements and they rely on someone reporting to them that you are overdue.
 
as a follow on to my earlier post.. I dont think the coastguards relay any info. More that if you do go through this whole process religiously, then if you havent phoned wifey, and she panics, then your local c/guard knows where you were supposed to be, asks the local coastguard if you turned up (assuming you reported that you did). All seems rather before phones, it seems.
 
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