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> In a statement, a spokesperson for the Meta founder said that “Mark and his family were not on board at the time of the incident,” the superyacht was using a
by Georgelemental 2mo ago
> In a statement, a spokesperson for the Meta founder said that “Mark and his family were not on board at the time of the incident,” the superyacht was using a different radio channel, and the skiff was not in distress. “By the time the crew reviewed the Coast Guard contact on a different radio channel from the one they were operating on, the assist was already underway,” the spokesperson said. “We’re grateful all parties are safe.”
- ProAm 2mo ago"Different radio channel"? The emergency channel is pretty standard in all mariner activities. They just didnt want to help.
- ButlerianJihad 2mo ago> Different radio channel Are sailors as busy meowing at one another as those pilots on guard frequency 121.5?
- Petersipoi 2mo ago[flagged]
- burnt-resistor 2mo agoYep. Constantly monitoring VHF 16 and 70 (when DSC enabled) is pretty much required.
- jjav 2mo agoYes this is true. "In general, any vessel equipped with a VHF marine radiotelephone (whether voluntarily or required to) must maintain a watch on channel 16 (156.800 MHz) whenever the radiotelephone is not being used to communicate." The only exception is if in a Vessel Traffic Service (VTS) area, then must be monitoring the VTS channel. (But even cheap handhelds VHFs will monitor two channels at once) https://www.navcen.uscg.gov/radio-watchkeeping-regulations https://www.navcen.uscg.gov/radio-watchkeeping-regulations Article says this was in Farragut Bay which is not a VTS area. So, yes, every boat around was required to be monitoring VHF channel 16.