Jaybeaux
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- Jan 3, 2016
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- Boat Info
- 2006 Sea Ray 48
Naught On Call
- Engines
- Cummins QSC-540s with V-Drives
11 KW Onan Genset
This summer, we are part of a 9 boat flotilla venturing from the upper reaches of the Potomac River, out to the southern portion of the Chesapeake Bay, with our furthest destination being Portsmouth, VA. About a 400 mile round trip with boat ranging is size from 33' to 54' with cruising speeds and ranges all over the map.
I would like to set up a Group MMSI for the flotilla. If most boaters are like me, I got my MMSI number throught BoatUS because it was free and I do not anticipate operating my boat in waters outside of the US. If I had received the MMSI from the FCC, it would have cost me about $120, or so I've read.
The instructions that I can find from the USCG regarding establishing a Group MMSI are predicated on the assumption that you obtained your MMSI from the FCC. What makes this significant is that all FCC obtained MMSI's end in the number zero (0). The recommendation is just to mover the zero to the front of the 9-digit string and that becomes the Group MMSI. See attached: https://www.navcen.uscg.gov/?pageName=mtMmsi
For those of us that obtained our MMSI from BoatUS or the like (not the FCC), our numbers, at least mine, do not end in a zero. My first three digits, also called the MID, is a country identifier, and for the US that number is 338. So drum roll please........if my MMSI is 338XXXXXX, can I input a group MMSI as 0338XXXXX?
Jaybeaux
I would like to set up a Group MMSI for the flotilla. If most boaters are like me, I got my MMSI number throught BoatUS because it was free and I do not anticipate operating my boat in waters outside of the US. If I had received the MMSI from the FCC, it would have cost me about $120, or so I've read.
The instructions that I can find from the USCG regarding establishing a Group MMSI are predicated on the assumption that you obtained your MMSI from the FCC. What makes this significant is that all FCC obtained MMSI's end in the number zero (0). The recommendation is just to mover the zero to the front of the 9-digit string and that becomes the Group MMSI. See attached: https://www.navcen.uscg.gov/?pageName=mtMmsi
For those of us that obtained our MMSI from BoatUS or the like (not the FCC), our numbers, at least mine, do not end in a zero. My first three digits, also called the MID, is a country identifier, and for the US that number is 338. So drum roll please........if my MMSI is 338XXXXXX, can I input a group MMSI as 0338XXXXX?
Jaybeaux