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I'm installing all new electronics on Drift Away, including an AIS transponder. 
In Response To: Since you are a boater, not a cruiser you have a different perspective. ()
() Since I might get as far south as Venezuela and other troubled parts of the world one day, I'm registering my trawler as the US Naval destroyer USS Drift Away. That should keep the bad guys away.
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- MMSI
- Have it programmed into the radio - never used it
- Junk!
- Is that why you have a web blog or site or whatever, Dan?
- Different altogether.
- Under your constraints broadcasting a Mayday with your position
- How far from home have you sailed without a flotilla for support Doug?
- I never sail without my buddies. Its better that way. Too fightened
- Since you are a boater, not a cruiser you have a different perspective.
- Perpective? No. You were judgmental and elitist.
- I'm installing all new electronics on Drift Away, including an AIS transponder.
- Since you are a boater, not a cruiser you have a different perspective.
- I never sail without my buddies. Its better that way. Too fightened
- How far from home have you sailed without a flotilla for support Doug?
- Under your constraints broadcasting a Mayday with your position
- Different altogether.
- We use it.
- Is that why you have a web blog or site or whatever, Dan?
- Hello Doug. Okay, I plead ignorance. Could some one explain what the heck MMSI is?
- Yes
- I use MMSI