what is the proper way to make a distress call on 16 ??

pog mo thon

pog mo thon

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Coming back from a week of vacation in Montauk, i hit a rubber tire in the harlem river :smt013 only 45 mns from home, i bended the prop or the shaft, i do not yet know.
Anyway i found myself calling for help on 16 for the first time and i felt stupid not knowing how to place a distress call.
who's supposed to answer on the other side? police, fireman, seatow or coast gard??
how do i proceed for this kind of incident?

Thanks for your help.
 
that would be

"securite" a vessel adrift, or unable to maneuver. "securite securite securite" (sounds like securitay) also will give warnings of weather situations arising. a sailboat that is adrift with no wind near a shipping lane is a good example

"Pan pan" when a person or vessel is in distress with no immenent danger to life or vessel. "pan-pan, pan-pan, pan-pan". a man overboard being recovered would go here also, (with co-ordinates) to warn other vessels of situation so as to avoid person in water being struck. an extinguished fire would g here as well.

"pan pan medico" is medical assistance needed for non life threatening emergency"

"Mayday" is you are in deep dog doo doo. sinking, on fire, someone dying. Loss of life and or vessel is immenent. "mayday,mayday,mayday...this is("name of vessel 3times)...mayday (name of vessel again) location. vessel on fire and sinking, 5 aboard, taking a lifeboat, over"
(that was an example...i don't wish that on anyone) you can relay a mayday or pan pan.

yours would be a pan pan (possible assistance needed)

always, clearly, calmly (as much as you can) and with location, and vessel description if possible.
 
oh yeah. the coast guard, or coast guard auxilliary patrol(if covering at the time) will answer as a rule. seatow and boat us usually monitor this channel. police would be unlikely, unless they have a water unit (the best damn law enForcement On the planet, the N.Y.P.D. is a shining example). the n.y.p.d. will answer.
 
Only thing to add is, in the event of a Mayday- use the DSC distress button if your vessel is so equipped. It will instantly transmit your position, so that in the event you lose power or otherwise cannot complete a transmission, at least that info has gotten out.
 
jakebrake said:
that would be

"securite" a vessel adrift, or unable to maneuver. "securite securite securite" (sounds like securitay) also will give warnings of weather situations arising. a sailboat that is adrift with no wind near a shipping lane is a good example


"
yours would be a pan pan (possible assistance needed)

always, clearly, calmly (as much as you can) and with location, and vessel description if possible.
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Actually, I think a Securite call would be more appropriate in this situation.
 
ImpulseIII said:
Actually, I think a Securite call would be more appropriate in this situation.
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I agree. A pan-pan would be if he is drifting into a shipping lane, hazardous area or towards imminent danger.
 
In an emergency you will not have time to check CSR, no offense. I highly recommend that you keep a reference card on your boat just in case.

Another vote for "securite".:thumbsup:
 
folks, i paraphrased it from wikipedia. they actually used the fould prop as an example of when pan pan was to be used.

it was taken from ric-22 radiotelephone procedures.
 
This is such a simple question, yet I am sure a lot of us(including myself) have no idea what to do in this situation. Thank you for all of the clear concise answers and I look forward to following this thread.
 
So this is what i said on the radio :

-" one six, one six, this is shenannequins over."

(pretty pathetic right)

Nobody responded back, i said it three times and nothing. i figured that i was doing it wrong. After a couple minutes a fire boat showed up, even tough they were pretty close to me i couldn't hear them on the vhf, the conversation was very choppy. i assume the squelch wasn't set right.

i guess i'll start a new thread on how to set the squelch on your radio.
.
 
Wow... What's wrong with just hailing the coast guard on 16? I've done that before... "Coast Guard Hampton Roads, Coast Guard Hampton Roads, Coast Guard Hampton Roads... This is Four Suns".

They'll ask you to probably switch to channel 22... and then you can talk to them about your issue. They are pretty helpful and, here anyways, will offer to call people... both on the phone and radio... and will keep checking on you.
 
In this instance my radio conversation would be like this. "Turtlebutt calling SeaTow, Come in SeaTow".
 
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