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Communication Blunder   MARS Report No. 200204

The following conversation is a wonderful example of the dangers of using
VHF as a means of collision avoidance.
Ship A - "Vessel on my port bow, this is the vessel on your starboard bow,
with a CPA of 0.15 miles (sic) come in please".
Ship B - "Yes, what is your position"?
Ship A - "Second Mate".
This was overheard on VHF Ch16 in the Malacca Straits. It left me and my
helmsman in peals of laughter but there is a serious message behind it.

If you are interested in all sorts of short "lessons learned" visit the
International Marine Accident Reporting Scheme  (MARS) site at the nautical
Institute web page. http://www.nautinst.org/marineac.htm
Go to the Search/List Reports section and pick a year. Many of the lessons
learned have direct applicability to our profession on a daily basis. An
hour of surfing will give you a semester of material.... or hours worth of
sea stories.

If anybody finds one particularly salient, post it here at SEADOG.

Be Safe,
Tom

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