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29 April 2010, 09:40
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Greatstone
Boat name: timanfaya 2
Make: zodiac
Length: 5m +
Engine: mariner 75
MMSI: 235079206
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vhf ships licence
just trying to apply for a radio licence.... help.... fixed unit so i need ships licence.. yes? go to fill in application form and cant find RIB on vessel catagory and they want to know gross tonnage of vessel.. any one done this before? pointers please
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29 April 2010, 09:52
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Member
Country: UK - Scotland
Boat name: Wildheart
Make: Humber/Delta Seasafe
Length: 5m +
Engine: Merc 60 Clamshell
MMSI: 235068449
Join Date: Apr 2007
Posts: 4,671
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Yes, you need one and is there not a help page on the Ofcom website?
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29 April 2010, 09:56
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Member
Country: UK - Wales
Town: Tenby
Boat name: O.C.D.
Make: Highfield
Length: 5m +
Engine: Honda 100
Join Date: Oct 2009
Posts: 168
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I put down that my rib was a motor craft and there is a formula somewhere on the page or in the help that was something like waterline length of craft x draft, but im not exactly sure.
I did an RYA DSC short range VHF course and they went through the proceedure, i will see if i made any notes.
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29 April 2010, 19:34
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Greatstone
Boat name: timanfaya 2
Make: zodiac
Length: 5m +
Engine: mariner 75
MMSI: 235079206
Join Date: Jul 2009
Posts: 119
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after a few emails with a very helpful lady at ofcom i now have the ships licence, even she said its a little difficult to understand. Anyway we opted for cruise liner that weighed 25000 tonnes. sorted.
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30 April 2010, 14:17
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Bournemouth
Boat name: Seadrive
Make: Capelli Tempest 470
Length: 4m +
Engine: Suzuki DF70
MMSI: 235079113
Join Date: Jul 2008
Posts: 550
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Originally Posted by zookeeper
after a few emails with a very helpful lady at ofcom i now have the ships licence, even she said its a little difficult to understand. Anyway we opted for cruise liner that weighed 25000 tonnes. sorted.
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I applied on-line and got one the other day - but had to phone them as well, as every time I filled in the max occupancy as 7 people the form changed it to 70! - Not quite a cruise liner but considerable more capacious than my 4.7m rib!!
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30 April 2010, 17:36
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Greatstone
Boat name: timanfaya 2
Make: zodiac
Length: 5m +
Engine: mariner 75
MMSI: 235079206
Join Date: Jul 2009
Posts: 119
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ha, yeah its all a bit vague to say the least.. and i am still suprised they dont want money! not many things come free these days. Anyway i am glad i wont be the only one with a 4.7m cruise ship...
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30 April 2010, 19:17
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Manchester
Boat name: "mr Jingles"
Make: Ribcraft
Length: 5m +
Engine: 130 Etec
MMSI: 235074968
Join Date: Jun 2009
Posts: 1,401
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Originally Posted by zookeeper
ha, yeah its all a bit vague to say the least.. and i am still suprised they dont want money! not many things come free these days. Anyway i am glad i wont be the only one with a 4.7m cruise ship...
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HI zookeeper i got mine the other day i put in 1ton and put down motor boat and got sorted
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30 April 2010, 22:02
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Greatstone
Boat name: timanfaya 2
Make: zodiac
Length: 5m +
Engine: mariner 75
MMSI: 235079206
Join Date: Jul 2009
Posts: 119
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my goodness there are going to be some disappointed ofcom officials if they go looking for the "ships" the radios are attached too!
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01 May 2010, 09:14
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RIBnet admin team
Country: UK - England
Town: The wilds of Wiltshire
Boat name: Dominator
Make: SR5.4
Length: 7m +
Engine: Yam 85
MMSI: 235055163
Join Date: Jul 2005
Posts: 13,069
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Originally Posted by zookeeper
my goodness there are going to be some disappointed ofcom officials if they go looking for the "ships" the radios are attached too!
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Mine's actually what it is. Well, as close as possible. PL MTB, gross tonnage 0.5, person capacity 10.
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01 May 2010, 11:45
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Greatstone
Boat name: timanfaya 2
Make: zodiac
Length: 5m +
Engine: mariner 75
MMSI: 235079206
Join Date: Jul 2009
Posts: 119
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i can see a lot of talent on this site, fiction is a gift, get writing all you would be authors , lets hear stories of your huge sea going vessels!
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01 May 2010, 12:06
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Member
Country: UK - Scotland
Town: fife
Boat name: top dog
Make: avon searider
Length: 4m +
Engine: yamaha 40
Join Date: Jun 2009
Posts: 282
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just got mine. I just put it under as other and 0.3 tonnes god knows what they will think it is then.
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03 May 2010, 15:12
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Member
Country: UK - Scotland
Boat name: Wildheart
Make: Humber/Delta Seasafe
Length: 5m +
Engine: Merc 60 Clamshell
MMSI: 235068449
Join Date: Apr 2007
Posts: 4,671
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On the plus side, the sensibly entered ones wont have inappropriate SAR teams sent should the big red button ever be pressed "in anger" (and I hope it never happens to any of you).
As the guy ruinning my VHF course said, "get it as accurate as possible - you don't want them to scream past you looking for a sinking liner with 500 people on board and think you are part of the rescue effort (more likely in a rib!), or just not notice you 'coz they're looking for something much, much bigger....."
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03 May 2010, 20:22
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Member
Country: UK - Scotland
Town: fife
Boat name: top dog
Make: avon searider
Length: 4m +
Engine: yamaha 40
Join Date: Jun 2009
Posts: 282
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Originally Posted by 9D280
On the plus side, the sensibly entered ones wont have inappropriate SAR teams sent should the big red button ever be pressed "in anger" (and I hope it never happens to any of you).
As the guy ruinning my VHF course said, "get it as accurate as possible - you don't want them to scream past you looking for a sinking liner with 500 people on board and think you are part of the rescue effort (more likely in a rib!), or just not notice you 'coz they're looking for something much, much bigger....."
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Glad I never made mine anything extreme then.
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04 May 2010, 09:43
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Portishead/Falmouth
Make: Ribeye
Length: 5m +
Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 161
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I can't remember what I put on mine (registered it in 2007), I don't remember even being asked and it doesn't mention the vessel type on the licence itself.
However, I always assumed that the CG66 registration would be the record the coastguard would match your MMSI from any DSC distress call in order to extract your boat details?
Alex
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04 May 2010, 10:09
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Up Norf
Make: Avon SR4,Tremlett 23
Length: 4m +
Engine: Yam 55, Volvo 200
Join Date: Apr 2007
Posts: 5,217
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Originally Posted by alexm
However, I always assumed that the CG66 registration would be the record the coastguard would match your MMSI from any DSC distress call in order to extract your boat details?
Alex
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Yep, the CG would type ypur vessel's name in and the area you cruise and it would bring up all the relevent information.
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04 May 2010, 17:17
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Member
Country: UK - Wales
Town: Cardiff
Make: Humber Destroyer 5.5
Length: 5m +
Engine: 90hp OB
Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 499
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For VHF license I used Pleasure Ship and MTB Motor Boat.
Interestingly for the SSR in the guidance notes it says : Inflatable:- including rigid and non-rigid types.
Mike
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04 May 2010, 21:58
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Essex
Boat name: Cetacean Protector
Make: Plasteco Milano
Length: 5m +
Engine: 75hp
Join Date: Feb 2006
Posts: 505
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Quote:
Originally Posted by chewy
Yep, the CG would type ypur vessel's name in and the area you cruise and it would bring up all the relevent information.
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Depends on gthe nature of incident and what we need to know - ITU database is usually first call for MMSIs, given the (very) large number of non-updated CG66s in the system.
To be honest, for a normal distress incident, we wouldn't usually go to CG66 at all. It's more used for overdues, prolonged searches etc rather than identifying craft to send a lifeboat to.
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