Back in our sailboat days, when hailing another boat we would start with "This is the sailing vessel Escapades". Now with a power boat what description do you generally use? "Motor Vessel...", "Pleasure Craft...."?
Bob
Bob
"My vessel type is a Sedan Trawler." No, it is a Europa
You might but they don't
I simply use the name of the vessel I'm calling (repeated three times) followed by my boat name.....
"Hey Jude, Hey Jude, Hey Jude, this is Beachcomber."
No need to identify the type of vessel you're on or the one you're calling. But that's just my humble opinion.
right on, bobofthenorth. Keep it simple. The rest of the MV/SV/Motor Yacht/etc descriptors just clog up the freqency. Does anyone really say, "Hailing?" And Steve, how are the shrimp running?
Like comm with air traffic control, I keep the hailing transmission brief and succinct to avoid tying up the frequency. Most of my hailings are to bridges for openings. They all start like this..."Rio Vista Bridge, this is FlyWright."