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Old 02-08-2008, 02:14 PM   #18
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MMSI numbers

A friend took his boat to SE Alaska last summer in the company of two other boats. He told us that the DSC feature was great for staying in touch with the other boats.

They also had a mayday situation when they lost the water pump on their engine and the current and large waves began sending them toward shore. However they made their call on 16. The Canadian Coast Guard responded immediately and had a boat and a Canadian Auxilliary CG boat on the scene within minutes to tow them back to the nearby harbor. Once the situation had settled down they asked the CCG if they should have used the DCS button on the radio for the intial radio call, and the CCG said, no, 16 was just fine.
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