If I'm out on the water I'd listen via the coastguard MSI bulletin on VHF, rather than tune in to Radio 4. But it's still the shipping forecast either way.
> -----Original Message----- > From: owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk > [mailto:owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk] On Behalf Of Tom Scott > Sent: 18 May 2011 15:00 > To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk > Subject: Re: [backstage] A familiar face... > > Every boat I've be a crew on always tunes in. Although the > 1979 Fastnet Race is often mentioned... > Tom > > > On 18/05/2011 14:35, "Dirk-Willem van Gulik" > <di...@webweaving.org> wrote: > > > > > On 18 May 2011, at 14:23, Robert Binney wrote: > > > >> I have been told that "no sailors listen to the Shipping > Forecast" - > >> can this be true? > > > > Well - if you have the money (and enough battery power and ample of > > pricey thermal paper) - you get it off your navtex(1) or from the > > met-office feed of immarsat(2). But I've found myself in a > situation > > more than once where knowing that you could be having _reliable_ > > warnings with just a simple battery & radio independent of > it all was very reassuring. > > > > Dw. > > > > 1: > > > http://www.frisnit.com/cgi-bin/navtex/view.cgi?NAVAREA=1&action=browse > > &TYPE=24 > > H - the MET ones. > > 2: http://www.opc.ncep.noaa.gov/shtml/UKMHSFAT > > > > > > - > > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, > > please visit > http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. > > Unofficial list archive: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ > > - > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To > unsubscribe, please visit > http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. > Unofficial list archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ > - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
