DALTON NEAR COLLI - SION WITH COMMER - CIAL VESSEL
Kiwi, Skipper, Graham Dalton sent this message today to race HQ.
Just had a very close call with a ship. As he closed from astern I tried calling on vhf but no reply. At one mile I let off a white hand held flare. Still he kept coming.
Calling on the radio all this time with no response. Six to seven hundred meters and closing on a collision course another flare but to no avail.
Emergency time.
Call him up on vhf and tellofficer on watch what I think of him and the fact I don't think he had a mother [and a lot worse].
Immediate response and he altered course within 400 meters. Hope the floggers ears are still ringing.
Graham
Kiwi, Skipper, Graham Dalton sent this message today to race HQ.
Just had a very close call with a ship. As he closed from astern I tried calling on vhf but no reply. At one mile I let off a white hand held flare. Still he kept coming.
Calling on the radio all this time with no response. Six to seven hundred meters and closing on a collision course another flare but to no avail.
Emergency time.
Call him up on vhf and tellofficer on watch what I think of him and the fact I don't think he had a mother [and a lot worse].
Immediate response and he altered course within 400 meters. Hope the floggers ears are still ringing.
Graham
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