Jay and I sometimes contemplate the name of our next boat. Today's flavor is "Don't Panic." (Jay is a fan of Douglas Adams.)
We discussed the name, and as always, ponder how the name will sound over the VHF.
As you know, hailing over radio entails calling the hailee's name three times. So the hail is, "Don't panic; don't panic; don't panic."
Which is bad enough, but then we thought about some folks we met, who have a boat named "OK OK OK."
Picture, if y'all will, the radio hails:
Hailing them: "OK OK OK; OK OK OK; OK OK OK; Don't Panic."
Them hailing us: "Don't Panic; Don't Panic; Don't Panic; OK OK OK."
I see lots of Coast Guard visits in our future...
Ha! VHF nerd humor. :ficktmich:
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Damon Linkous
--- Father of all Radio humor ---
Believe it or not...this is the transcript of an actual radio conversation between a US naval ship and Canadian authorities off the coast of Newfoundland in October 1995. The Radio conversation was released by the Chief of Naval Operations on Oct. 10, 1995.
US Ship: Please divert your course 0.5 degrees to the south to avoid a collision.
CND reply: Recommend you divert your course 15 degrees to the South to avoid a collision.
US Ship: This is the Captain of a US Navy Ship. I say again, divert your course.
CND reply: No. I say again, you divert YOUR course!
US Ship: THIS IS THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER USS CORAL SEA*, WE ARE A LARGE WARSHIP OF THE US NAVY. DIVERT YOUR COURSE NOW!!
CND reply: This is a lighthouse. Your call.
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Damon Linkous
Funny ... but it did not happen. It is simply an old joke circulating the Internet. The USS Coral Sea was decommissioned on April 26, 1990.
http://www.navy.mil/navydata/navy_legacy_hr.asp?id=174
http://www.snopes.com/military/lighthouse.asp
Dave W
Edited by DaveW70 on Oct 30, 2010 - 05:29 PM.
Dave Wilson
Tampa, FL
H16
DaveW70 wrote: Funny ... but it did not happen. It is simply an old joke circulating the Internet. The USS Coral Sea was decommissioned on April 26, 1990.
True, so I started with ...
damonAdmin wrote: --- Father of all Radio humor ---
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Damon Linkous
Never let the truth stand in the way of good humor.
Terry
Nacra 5.2
Yeah, I'm waiting for this story to come back to me as an actual occurrence....
if i didnt have a family... my boat would definetly be named "BLOW ME"
81' Hobie 18
Lake Michigan South Shore Line
It did occur to me that regardless of right-of-way I wouldn't want to be in a lighthouse when it was hit by an aircraft carrier! The lighthouse keeper maybe couldn't alter course but I bet at the last minute he would alter his trouser color. :devil:
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Damon Linkous
He would also likely alter his elevation before the carrier got to him.
Scott
Hobie 18M in Chicago