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Old 04-28-2014, 04:47 PM   #5
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Originally Posted by Nsail View Post
What would be the best, or proper, or preferred, method of alerting others in an anchorage that help is needed (assuming no cell coverage)?

If during the day, my thoughts would be VHF first, then just yelling if close enough to others, and finally in a dinghy looking for help.

At night, I think most VHF's are off (mine normally is). The horn does seem like it would get attention. If I heard one in the middle of the night, the first thing I would do is look around and then turn on the VHF.

Any guidance or experience would be appreciated.
I would think first you want to wake them so horn, then VHF and scream....whistle too if you have one handy. Enough noise and you'll get attention.
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