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Available for use. What the hell does that mean. .....
[/ QUOTE ]He didn't make that very clear. That's the boat licence, not the operator's licence. If there is a radio on the boat then the owners are obliged to licence it. You can sail a boat that has a licenced radio and as long as you don't use the radio you don't need an operator's licence. As Jon says, in the case of any sort of emergency nobody is going to argue.
What Jon did not cover is the attitude of foreign officials who might not be quite so easy to argue with and who, if they felt crossed, could tell you to stay put for days on end while they check the rules (or whatever). Lesson one in life:- Never give officials a weapon to use against you.
Available for use. What the hell does that mean. .....
[/ QUOTE ]He didn't make that very clear. That's the boat licence, not the operator's licence. If there is a radio on the boat then the owners are obliged to licence it. You can sail a boat that has a licenced radio and as long as you don't use the radio you don't need an operator's licence. As Jon says, in the case of any sort of emergency nobody is going to argue.
What Jon did not cover is the attitude of foreign officials who might not be quite so easy to argue with and who, if they felt crossed, could tell you to stay put for days on end while they check the rules (or whatever). Lesson one in life:- Never give officials a weapon to use against you.