Posted by Laurence Monkhouse on March 16, 2004 at 21:28:20 from 217.137.108.46 user Laurence_.
In Reply to: Re: Nothing whatsover - email etc posted by John Turnbull on March 16, 2004 at 19:46:23:
"Goblin would have been rescued by the coastguards"
Whatever the circumstances the last thing John would have done would have been to call for help, with its attendant risk of a salvage claim. And anyway the Coastguard today strongly discourage the use of mobile phones for marine work, as opposed to using VHF radio.
Anyway I know from my own experience that mobile phone reception is very bad almost as soon as you get beyond the Beach End Buoy