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Marine Radio Safety

Source: My personal notes from marine radio course

  • Use channel 68

Toronto Coast Guard Radio x3 or Toronto Harbour Police Radio x 3

Or

Prescott Coast Guard Radio x 3

This is

Dragon, Dragon, Dragon

Requesting radio check on

Channel 26

Over

Pan Pan, Pan Pan,Pan Pan

All Stations, All Stations, All Stations

This is

Dragon, Dragon, Dragon

Located 200 meters south of the Ashbridges Bay entrance in Coatsworth Cut.

Steering oar is damaged, unable to navigate.

Vessel is a 4, 0 foot (1,2 meters) dragon boat, white hull with green design.

Requesting tow back to docks area.

Dragon

Over

Mayday, Mayday, Mayday

This is

Dragon, Dragon, Dragon

Mayday Dragon

Position 200 meters south of the Ashbridges Bay entrance in Coatsworth Cut.

Have capsized with all passengers overboard.

Vessel is a 4, 0 foot(1,2 meters) dragon boat, white hull with green design.

Have 21 passengers in water with lifejackets in cold water.

Requesting immediate assistance.

Dragon

Over

Mayday

Seadog, Seadog, Seadog,

This is

Dragon, Dragon, Dragon

Received Mayday.

Position inside Ashbridge’s Bay, ETA to your location 3 minutes.

Dragon

Over

Securite, Securite, Securite

All stations, All stations, All stations

This is

Dragon, Dragon, Dragon.

Safety message concerning Ashbridges Bay area to follow are channel 06

Dragon

Out

On Channel 06

Securite, Securite, Securite

All stations, All stations, All stations

This is

Dragon, Dragon, Dragon.

There is a deadhead in the mouth of Ashbridges bay within the normal navigation buoys.

Menace to navigation.

Dragon

Out

Dragon Boat Information*

Dragon Boat Size:

  • Length - 11.66 m (ranging from 38 - 48 ft)
  • Width - 1.06 m (3 ft 6 in)
  • Depth - 43.18 cm (17 in) - Usually “over 40 meters”
  • Weight - about 700 - 800 lbs

Paddles:

  • Length - 105-130 cm
  • Blade Width - 18 cm
  • Handle Width (T-grip) - 10 cm

The Canadian Coast Guard, in cooperation with the cellular carriers, provides a marine emergency service for cellular telephone subscribers.

This service is currently available in areas of the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence Seaway having cellular coverage.

Use of a marine radio is the most efficient method of alerting the Coast Guard and other boaters to an emergency situation. Operators of vessels not equipped with a marine radio can use the *16 service to contact the nearest Marine Communications and Traffic Services (MCTS) Centre easily in an emergency. Keying *16 on your Bell Cellular, Cantel or Thunder Bay Cellular telephone, connects you directly to the officer on duty at the MCTS Centre, who will arrange assistance for you.

The use of *16 is normally restricted to obtaining assistance or relaying information relating to Distress and Urgency situations.

When using *16 to report a distress situation, the following information should be provided, when available:

  • the location of the vessel,

  • your cellular phone number,

  • the nature of the emergency,

  • the name or identification of the vessel,

  • the number of persons on board,

  • a description of the vessel,

  • the type of assistance required,

  • the weather conditions at your location.

The MCTS officer will seek assistance from vessels near your location and forward the information to Search and Rescue authorities.

The *16 service is free to the cellular subscriber (no air-time or long distance charges).

Contacting the Coast Guard by Cellular Telephone for Other Needs

Section titled “Contacting the Coast Guard by Cellular Telephone for Other Needs”

Other calls requesting information or other services provided by the Marine Communications and Traffic Services Centre should be made to the MCTS Centre’s general telephone number as follows:

Thunder Bay - (807) 345-5190

Sarnia - (519) 336-4003

Prescott - (613) 925-4471

Pasted from <http://www.ccg-gcc.gc.ca/eng/MCTS/Cell>

Source: www.ccg-gcc.gc.ca

Central and Artic Region (including Ontario): http://www.ccg-gcc.gc.ca/eng/Central_Arctic/home

  1. Medical Advice Messages

    Masters of ships may obtain medical advice by addressing a radiotelegram to “Radiomedical” and routing it via the MCTS Centre which will refer the message to the nearest medial authority and transmit the reply to the ship.

  2. Radiomedical Marine Telephone Service

    Masters of ships may obtain medical advice by calling a MCTS Centre and request to be connected to a medical doctor. The MCTS Centre will connect the vessel to the appropriate medical authority via the Marine Telephone System. The cost of this service is absorbed by the MCTS Centre.

    from <http://www.ccg-gcc.gc.ca/eng/MCTS/Medical>