THANK YOU strangers.... I was one of the crew on the Northern Belle...(the GIRL GREEN HORN) IT was 1.5 years ago and tonight I finally am able to watch this... Thank you for the kind words to Captain Rob etc. The coast guard was a site for sore eyes- at the time we were not sure that they had been alerted and we had lost the life raft ect. nearest boat was 18 hours behind us and there was a storm coming up- thanks for careing- Nicole Esau Crew
@@AveGuy1 he went back to make that mayday call & ended up hitting his head trying to get off the boat after making the call. the only reason the crew survived is because of him.
@@tylerw8943 No, the crew survived because of Nikki! I was running one of his other boats, but was 168 miles behind. I hired HER to be my cook. He saw that amazon blond and stole her from me, saying that if he hires a woman, she goes with him! He gave me his alcoholic boyfriend of his neice that has never cooked! Nikki's boyfriend, was one of my best friends and died at sea just a few months before! RIP Captain Tony Kelly! I fought with Rob over safety issues before we even left Seattle. He was sitting right at the boot stripe in front of me in the locks. We were supposed to travel together for safety, or such was the plan. As we departed Shilshole, he throttled up to 12 knots leaving me in last place at 7, and muskrat ahead at 8. Two hours later he is on the radio saying that he can no longer see his bootstripe, and is pumping fresh water to raise the stern. There was major welding being done down there in the preceding weeks before departure. Welding new to rotten, is a challenge for the best welders! He sat in Yakutat for two days waiting out the storm, and never did he move any freight and go down in the Lazzarette to inspect it! Nikki said they refilled the water tanks and she noticed the tank with the garden hose came full before the one with the fire hose! He told her to shut up. What does that tell you? Water going elsewhere you think? And, when the boat rolled onto it's side, he came up out of the engine room leaving the door open. SHE, being green as a cucumber, closed that door and the rapid downflooding that would ensue. He gave no safety drills and she alone decided it was time to break out the suits! He secured his freight load with 1/4 inch yellow poly line that you find at Ace hardware. When he made his way to the stern to get off, boat now on it's side, that same cheap line snapped, and a half ton dewatering box came down on his head. Facedown in his Gumby suit and knocked out! There, you know the truth. I got wrote up for all the safety violations that were found on my boat. When I pointed out to him that none of my fire extinguishers had been serviced in 8 years, his exact reply was, "when was the last time you ever heard of a Tender going down and killing anybody?" Karma showed up 10 days later! i am sorry that he died, but feel that it was his attitude towards the sea that put them all in peril.
This was my old boat I was suppose to be on it but I was unable to and another lady went on the boat in my place. Capt. Rob was an amazing man and I miss him dearly. We had such a good time on the boat. RIP Capt. Robert Royer you will forever be missed and in my heart.
Joe Tobin The ship's description is part of the "Big 5" questions for maritime search and rescue, listed in order of importance: 1. Position 2. Number of souls on board 3. Nature of distress 4. Description of vessel 5. Have all members put on PFDs? Let's say a boat is taking on water and going down quickly. If the captain only manages to broadcast a mayday call with his position before abandoning ship, then the Coast Guard at least knows where to go to help. But what if they get there, and find one person unconscious on the water? They have no idea whether they should stick around to search for more people in the water. So the next most important is how many people require assistance? Then the nature of distress would be the most important, because you'd respond to a vessel on fire different than a vessel taking on water. After that would be a description of the vessel, because a helicopter pilot or cutter needs to have a basic description to know what to look for out on the water. In this case, the radio operator asked for the description because he already knew the vessel's position, number of souls on board and (kind of) nature of distress.
@@copyth5748 I just finished my comms qual for the USCG it’s 1. Position 2. Persons On Board 3. Nature of distress 4. Description of vessel 5. Personal Floatation Device info
FYI The Coast Guardsman on the Radio is most likely the acting ODO (Ops Duty Officer) of the day on that particular day at Air station Kodiak. He is running through a SAR (Search & Rescue) Checklist trying to get all of the information needed for the rescue. It is quite a hectic experience and I have been through cases like this during my time with Air Station Elizabeth City NC. Once all the info is gathered then the SAR alarm switches are flipped or an aircraft is diverted (depending on the type of launch), multitasking and checklist discipline are crucial.
He fucking asked if the captain was in need of assistance even though the captain sent out a fucking mayday call.. just about everyone in the world knows that mayday means life or death.
PS_ the boats ususally dont go down that quick.. it happened VERY VERY fast... luck to get the call out and the rest of the crew was not sure it had.. we were dealing with the raft (which we lost) ... Rob died quickly after this and we could not ask if Coast guard was called... we sat out there wondering IF they were coming...
Chance Pemberton I agree if the guy says Mayday were going down! I would have been like shit send the available boats and Helicopters we have save thoes men!
Chance Pemberton coast guard understood exactly what was happening and already had help on the way However there are exactly protocols that must be followed before committing men and material to a dangerous condition. You should also know what you're talking about before commenting. The captain you hear died. The other three were rescued within three hours. Their life boat failed and they had no distress beacon. These are some of the factors that cause the coast guard to gather as much information as possible.
MrOramato WOW really everyone else did but not him hey that's sad and not outlined in the clip unless I missed it SADDDD he was trying use the vhf getting help asking their " protocol questions" while he could have saved himself and his life they need new protocol the captain was trying to save his vessel and anything onboar being Selfless- as if your the captain you'd be feeling bad enough although not his fault ship had issues hey ... RIP ✌
@@sharkbaitproductions6380 just in time??? No we lost the Capt that day and Coast Guard took an extreme amount of time getting help to the crews not to mention the life raft wasn't disbursing so the crew was in open water with their gumby suit on they are very lucky to be alive today with the exception of Captain Robert Royer who died trying to jump off the boat. :(
my friend was on this boat...he survived..sadly the capt did not..my friend suffered so badly from survivors guilt that i lost contact with him by his choice...i wonder still if hes ok...nice guy..i pray for him...
@@AveGuy1 the order was given to abandon ship. He was the last crewmember to disembark and because the vessel was experiencing a severe list he hit his head on some jagged metal on his way down and was taken underwater by the wash, unconscious. He would later be seen floating face up some way away from the vessel.
@@coopercooper8963 Wrong. I was behind him running the Sunnyvale, another one of his boats. He secured his freight with 1/4 inch yellow poly, and the vessel was already lying on her side. As he went into the water, that line rated at 600 lbs could no longer hold the half ton dewatering box that snapped and dropped it squarely on his head! I called him on his use of that line to secure the hundreds of tons of building supplies we were hauling up to the wood river plant. That is the only reason we departed a month early for no monetary compensation!
I've been the watch stander on watch working a sar case and it is not that easy. A lot of moving parts and some times multiple cases at once, you got to get the three p's POSITION, Persons on board and problem. Everyone knows that if a boat is sinking the minute the water hits those batteries Radio is gone. Position is the most important part.
Philip Quinn I think you got it down sir. Those 3 Ps I think are the only thing that should be said when a boat is sinking. The CG operator could have just asked the 3 Ps and be done with it. Instead, there was a lot of back and forth with "this is the USCG to Northern belle state your distress" so many wasted extra words and time.
Though footage to watch. Is it possible for me to use and share this footage on my youtube page? I share footage from all kind of activities on our ocean. Cargo ships in the 1960s till now, oil rigs, fishing vessels, etc. Of course full credit will be given to the owner of the footage. Looking forward to your reply. Kind regards. Cheers.
Dispatchers know the severity of the distress calls and hopefully handle each with top priority and professionalism, he just cant panic at that moment, he needs to grab all kind of information, sometimes the frequencies get bad reception by the round shape of the world, therefore blocking line of sight, its just common. Other questions, its just procedures they have to follow...
You are 100% right. Now, if any Coastie wants to refut my responce, 3 years at a group, 3 years at NMO, 4 years as an instructorat RM/TC school and the rest onboard ship, well, good luck. The W/S must have been a prior QM who got stuck at NOJ as a OS and didn't have the pleasure of "A" school who would have stressed how important it is to LISTEN to your friggin radio for situations just like this. Sitting a 500khz position (morse code) will teach that. Oh wait, that's gone too. Pay attention.
Most professonal boat captains follow the correct procedure when crap hits the fan. If they don't, there have to be questions asked. As I stated in another post, the watchstander at NOJ didn't seem to have been paying attention at the beginning or he would have gotten enough information to send help. In the mean time, he's trying to keep the capt on the radio in case the wrong positon was provided or situation changes. Someone has to remain calm, it's best if its the Coast Guard, ya think?
Color of vessel is important. If it's 'black', you know it's gonna be hard to spot. Once the location, pob and nature of distress of passed, the rest isn't that important however, it's needed and if the watchstander can get it, they are required to ask for it. The distress check off list is very long but in my day, the top 4 questions were important and once help was on the way, you ask for the rest, if you can. There's are reasons to ask. Clearly ones you don't understand.
Oh, and to help you out, it also helps to determin the type boat it is and rather it's gonna float or sink and incase there are other boats in the area, not in this case, it helps to pick out the one who needs the help. Clearly you have not been called to a situation where there are 100 pleasure craft all bunched up and one is calling mayday. Knowing what your looking for helps. been there.. done that.
tc1uscg that's great to have all that extra info. But the CG is not going to get there without the coordinates. Position, people on board and nature of distress I figure are essential. Everything else is icing on the cake.
No worries there. Been fishing the Bering Sea for 40 years. No pleasure boats in the Gulf or Bering Sea in March! Oh yeah, I was running one of his other boats and we were supposed to be travelling together, but he likes to show how he can do 12 knots to our 7 and 8. He knew he had problems two hours out of Seattle, and never moved freight to get accesss to the hatch even when sitting two days in Yakutat. Why did he go charging off ahead knowing he had problems and may need help? I know exactly what happened to the vessel, and why! When we travel 6,000 miles to the south pacific and back, we are 2,500 miles from anywhere, and no chopper can reach us. We stay within 2 miles of one another when not actively fishing. Even two miles is about 15 minutes. 15 minutes, is an eternity if you are on fire!
Why would you wear a Pfd? It's not designed to wear in a liferaft. It's mayday x3 Sailing vessel name x3 Call sign Mmsi number Mayday, vessel name Call sign Mmsi number Position nature of distress People on board? Need immediate assistance over.
Because the life raft wasn't releasing this is my old boat that I was on. We checked the equipment before leaving but Yard Arm Knot forced my Capt to take on too much freight even though knowing the boat was in high danger of sinking. My Captain made a bad call to agree but it was take the freight or don't fish that was the conditions. The whole situation was all avoidable.
+insidelinekrew Break-Break - Signals to all listeners on the frequency, the message to follow is priority. Almost always reserved for emergency traffic or in NATO forces, an urgent 9 line or Frag-O. In Aviation it simply signifies the end of a transmission to one call-sign and the commencement of transmission to another. e.g. "G-WXYZ Standby. Break-Break. G-ABCD Cleared to Land Runway 17" etc.
Please tell me why the ship description matters to the rescuers. It was about to be at the bottom of the ocean. It's not like they were going to see it...
+Brianna Wilson i am an ABS-unlimited, I never went to OS school, I didn't know they even had OS school other than probably at a maritime school, when I became a OS, I filed for my MMD the only option was to be a OS and the only thing I could be was a wiper or oiler and it was go to a maritime school or just file the papers and be an OS for the 3 years, and I did that for 3 years on the great lakes then I became an AB-unlimited, which I still am, my question to you is this, are you training to be in the coast guard ? and is that why your in OS school, I only ask because your comment "we have to ask these questions to know what to look for..." makes me think your a future coasty, if so GOOD LUCK!!! I love the sea, I downed when I was 6 and remember it like it was yesterday, none the less I made my peace later in life with that event and ever since then I have loved going to sea, I love it more than anything else in the world and I guess I love it so much I am willing to die out there if that's how my end plays out, I sail around the globe, we go every where and when things go bad 7 times out of 10 there is no help, your thousands of NMs from land, if your lucky another vessel hears your cries for help and comes, but usually you just die.
Yeah theres only one boat calling for a mayday on a specific location never have i heard two boats call for a mayday at the same spot single celled brain questions like these are why they die and times wasted rather the dispatch the CG immediately and ask for those details after they should have a list if they had any type of common sense at all the boats registered to fish and game with everything and details they need so this wouldnt have to happen but no stupid as they are countless lives are lost because of this smh and FYI YOU WON'T FIND A SINKING BOAT DUH!
You gotta understand, the guy behind ther adio at a CG unit is the most junior, with the least experience. And he's filling in a work sheet for the search and rescue call.
Well the Coast Guard radio dispatcher should have known how urgent the situation was by the tone of the guys voice. It's clear they're in serious distress.
I don't understand all of the formality in the radio traffic. Mayday call for sinking boat: I assume you get out your position, how many people you have on board and the nature of your distress and the name of your ship I guess. "Mayday x3, my position is ...., I have 4 people onboard, my boat is sinking, I need help! " sounded like a lot of wasted radio traffic when time was of the essence.
It seems like the dispatcher wasn’t able to hear the distress vessel as clearly as we can in this recording. Also he had to ask questions to find out what was wrong and how many on board. Those details are important and weren’t included in the mayday call. The next question he was trying to ask was a vessel description, since it isn’t known how fast it is sinking. If it’s partially afloat when rescuers arrive, the description might help them find it. I’m pretty sure help was already on the way while he asked the questions. Probably dispatched by typing into a terminal, so we wouldn’t hear that.
Rookie Coast Guard on duty !!! Even an other vessel gives the POB ( they have 4 people on board , that is 4 ) Send them boats and helicopters boy !!!!!
This call is recorded for training purposes: Captain (in distress while exiting a sinking boat): "Mayday Mayday...WE ARE GOING DOWN!!!" Emergency response: "What color is the vessel?" Captain's Response: "........" Emergency Response: "What is the color of your vessel?" Ummm? Emergency workers, this is NOT the best question to ask when you hear silence.
I was behind him in another of his boats. I was issued at least six safety violations after being ordered direct to Kodiak. Hydro static release on raft and EPIRB, two years out of date. That's two. Fire extinguisers, eight years since last inspection, made three. EPIRB itself? Too old to be serviced. replaced.#4. Defective valves in the Gumby suits made 5, though each could have been seperate violations. #6, was the raft itself. It had not been repacked in 3 years! His was new, but blew away when he deployed it. I would have carried it to the lee side, having had to abandon my own vessel in a storm the previous September.
It's disturbing to hear any distress call, including this one. What is way more disturbing is the robotic-voice of a teenage-squid who replied to their mayday call. Put a damn Chief or better on calls of this nature, who can at the least "act" like a human being!
THANK YOU strangers.... I was one of the crew on the Northern Belle...(the GIRL GREEN HORN) IT was 1.5 years ago and tonight I finally am able to watch this... Thank you for the kind words to Captain Rob etc. The coast guard was a site for sore eyes- at the time we were not sure that they had been alerted and we had lost the life raft ect. nearest boat was 18 hours behind us and there was a storm coming up- thanks for careing- Nicole Esau Crew
How did the captain not make it out will the rest of the crew?
@@AveGuy1 he went back to make that mayday call & ended up hitting his head trying to get off the boat after making the call. the only reason the crew survived is because of him.
@@tylerw8943 No, the crew survived because of Nikki! I was running one of his other boats, but was 168 miles behind. I hired HER to be my cook. He saw that amazon blond and stole her from me, saying that if he hires a woman, she goes with him! He gave me his alcoholic boyfriend of his neice that has never cooked! Nikki's boyfriend, was one of my best friends and died at sea just a few months before! RIP Captain Tony Kelly! I fought with Rob over safety issues before we even left Seattle. He was sitting right at the boot stripe in front of me in the locks. We were supposed to travel together for safety, or such was the plan. As we departed Shilshole, he throttled up to 12 knots leaving me in last place at 7, and muskrat ahead at 8. Two hours later he is on the radio saying that he can no longer see his bootstripe, and is pumping fresh water to raise the stern. There was major welding being done down there in the preceding weeks before departure. Welding new to rotten, is a challenge for the best welders! He sat in Yakutat for two days waiting out the storm, and never did he move any freight and go down in the Lazzarette to inspect it! Nikki said they refilled the water tanks and she noticed the tank with the garden hose came full before the one with the fire hose! He told her to shut up. What does that tell you? Water going elsewhere you think? And, when the boat rolled onto it's side, he came up out of the engine room leaving the door open. SHE, being green as a cucumber, closed that door and the rapid downflooding that would ensue. He gave no safety drills and she alone decided it was time to break out the suits! He secured his freight load with 1/4 inch yellow poly line that you find at Ace hardware. When he made his way to the stern to get off, boat now on it's side, that same cheap line snapped, and a half ton dewatering box came down on his head. Facedown in his Gumby suit and knocked out! There, you know the truth. I got wrote up for all the safety violations that were found on my boat. When I pointed out to him that none of my fire extinguishers had been serviced in 8 years, his exact reply was, "when was the last time you ever heard of a Tender going down and killing anybody?" Karma showed up 10 days later! i am sorry that he died, but feel that it was his attitude towards the sea that put them all in peril.
This was my old boat I was suppose to be on it but I was unable to and another lady went on the boat in my place. Capt. Rob was an amazing man and I miss him dearly. We had such a good time on the boat. RIP Capt. Robert Royer you will forever be missed and in my heart.
What happened
Joe Tobin The ship's description is part of the "Big 5" questions for maritime search and rescue, listed in order of importance:
1. Position
2. Number of souls on board
3. Nature of distress
4. Description of vessel
5. Have all members put on PFDs?
Let's say a boat is taking on water and going down quickly. If the captain only manages to broadcast a mayday call with his position before abandoning ship, then the Coast Guard at least knows where to go to help. But what if they get there, and find one person unconscious on the water? They have no idea whether they should stick around to search for more people in the water. So the next most important is how many people require assistance? Then the nature of distress would be the most important, because you'd respond to a vessel on fire different than a vessel taking on water. After that would be a description of the vessel, because a helicopter pilot or cutter needs to have a basic description to know what to look for out on the water. In this case, the radio operator asked for the description because he already knew the vessel's position, number of souls on board and (kind of) nature of distress.
CopyTH
That‘s plain and simply wrong.
@@copyth5748 I just finished my comms qual for the USCG it’s 1. Position 2. Persons On Board 3. Nature of distress 4. Description of vessel 5. Personal Floatation Device info
Comments so dumb I’m drowning in stupidity. Respect for all servicemen/women for their courage and valor in such difficult situations.
E D He asked the captain if he was in need of assistance.... sorry, but he does not belong in the CG anymore.
Preach
Drowning? That's not cool man. You're not funny.
FYI The Coast Guardsman on the Radio is most likely the acting ODO (Ops Duty Officer) of the day on that particular day at Air station Kodiak. He is running through a SAR (Search & Rescue) Checklist trying to get all of the information needed for the rescue. It is quite a hectic experience and I have been through cases like this during my time with Air Station Elizabeth City NC. Once all the info is gathered then the SAR alarm switches are flipped or an aircraft is diverted (depending on the type of launch), multitasking and checklist discipline are crucial.
Nope, an OS3 at the Commsta. Biggest shitbag I've had the displeasure of serving with.
He fucking asked if the captain was in need of assistance even though the captain sent out a fucking mayday call.. just about everyone in the world knows that mayday means life or death.
No time for checklist . Got a pretty accurate position and the number of souls on board . They sunk by the time he got through the checklist.
PS_ the boats ususally dont go down that quick.. it happened VERY VERY fast... luck to get the call out and the rest of the crew was not sure it had.. we were dealing with the raft (which we lost) ... Rob died quickly after this and we could not ask if Coast guard was called... we sat out there wondering IF they were coming...
Outstanding job shipmates, and our prayers go out to the man unable to make it.
God bless the Coast Guard, who do an amazing job the world over. Salute! 🌹⚓
A close call but saved by the Coast Guard with no time to spare. Only thing is, what part of 'we're going down' did the Coast Guard not understand?
Chance Pemberton I agree if the guy says Mayday were going down! I would have been like shit send the available boats and Helicopters we have save thoes men!
Chance Pemberton coast guard understood exactly what was happening and already had help on the way
However there are exactly protocols that must be followed before committing men and material to a dangerous condition.
You should also know what you're talking about before commenting.
The captain you hear died.
The other three were rescued within three hours.
Their life boat failed and they had no distress beacon.
These are some of the factors that cause the coast guard to gather as much information as possible.
Chance P, Do you understand that the Captain DID NOT survive? That is NOT a “close call”!!!
MrOramato WOW really everyone else did but not him hey that's sad and not outlined in the clip unless I missed it SADDDD he was trying use the vhf getting help asking their " protocol questions" while he could have saved himself and his life they need new protocol the captain was trying to save his vessel and anything onboar being Selfless- as if your the captain you'd be feeling bad enough although not his fault ship had issues hey ... RIP ✌
@@sharkbaitproductions6380 just in time??? No we lost the Capt that day and Coast Guard took an extreme amount of time getting help to the crews not to mention the life raft wasn't disbursing so the crew was in open water with their gumby suit on they are very lucky to be alive today with the exception of Captain Robert Royer who died trying to jump off the boat. :(
you people that talk about all this equipment that will save your life, have NO idea how big and remote the ocean is let alone Alaska!
my friend was on this boat...he survived..sadly the capt did not..my friend suffered so badly from survivors guilt that i lost contact with him by his choice...i wonder still if hes ok...nice guy..i pray for him...
Why did the captain die if everyone else got out?
@@AveGuy1 the order was given to abandon ship. He was the last crewmember to disembark and because the vessel was experiencing a severe list he hit his head on some jagged metal on his way down and was taken underwater by the wash, unconscious. He would later be seen floating face up some way away from the vessel.
@@coopercooper8963 Wrong. I was behind him running the Sunnyvale, another one of his boats. He secured his freight with 1/4 inch yellow poly, and the vessel was already lying on her side. As he went into the water, that line rated at 600 lbs could no longer hold the half ton dewatering box that snapped and dropped it squarely on his head! I called him on his use of that line to secure the hundreds of tons of building supplies we were hauling up to the wood river plant. That is the only reason we departed a month early for no monetary compensation!
Rest in peace Robert brave man
I've been the watch stander on watch working a sar case and it is not that easy. A lot of moving parts and some times multiple cases at once, you got to get the three p's POSITION, Persons on board and problem. Everyone knows that if a boat is sinking the minute the water hits those batteries Radio is gone. Position is the most important part.
Philip Quinn I think you got it down sir. Those 3 Ps I think are the only thing that should be said when a boat is sinking. The CG operator could have just asked the 3 Ps and be done with it. Instead, there was a lot of back and forth with "this is the USCG to Northern belle state your distress" so many wasted extra words and time.
Though footage to watch. Is it possible for me to use and share this footage on my youtube page? I share footage from all kind of activities on our ocean. Cargo ships in the 1960s till now, oil rigs, fishing vessels, etc. Of course full credit will be given to the owner of the footage. Looking forward to your reply. Kind regards. Cheers.
brave man, salute you sir,, RIP aameen
At least he was able to get a may-day call out, scary... 😧😟🥺 RIP to the crewman who didn't make it. 😢
Dispatchers know the severity of the distress calls and hopefully handle each with top priority and professionalism, he just cant panic at that moment, he needs to grab all kind of information, sometimes the frequencies get bad reception by the round shape of the world, therefore blocking line of sight, its just common. Other questions, its just procedures they have to follow...
Location is aprox 200mi SE of Anchorage AK
You are 100% right. Now, if any Coastie wants to refut my responce, 3 years at a group, 3 years at NMO, 4 years as an instructorat RM/TC school and the rest onboard ship, well, good luck. The W/S must have been a prior QM who got stuck at NOJ as a OS and didn't have the pleasure of "A" school who would have stressed how important it is to LISTEN to your friggin radio for situations just like this. Sitting a 500khz position (morse code) will teach that. Oh wait, that's gone too. Pay attention.
RIP Captain
Most professonal boat captains follow the correct procedure when crap hits the fan. If they don't, there have to be questions asked. As I stated in another post, the watchstander at NOJ didn't seem to have been paying attention at the beginning or he would have gotten enough information to send help. In the mean time, he's trying to keep the capt on the radio in case the wrong positon was provided or situation changes. Someone has to remain calm, it's best if its the Coast Guard, ya think?
Color of vessel is important. If it's 'black', you know it's gonna be hard to spot. Once the location, pob and nature of distress of passed, the rest isn't that important however, it's needed and if the watchstander can get it, they are required to ask for it. The distress check off list is very long but in my day, the top 4 questions were important and once help was on the way, you ask for the rest, if you can. There's are reasons to ask. Clearly ones you don't understand.
The coordinates are 059°.10' N 146°.47' W
200mi SE from Anchorage AK
My quess, damn cold. Even with a gumby suit, it's still cold and if anything, allows your body to float for recovery.
Oh, and to help you out, it also helps to determin the type boat it is and rather it's gonna float or sink and incase there are other boats in the area, not in this case, it helps to pick out the one who needs the help. Clearly you have not been called to a situation where there are 100 pleasure craft all bunched up and one is calling mayday. Knowing what your looking for helps. been there.. done that.
tc1uscg that's great to have all that extra info. But the CG is not going to get there without the coordinates. Position, people on board and nature of distress I figure are essential. Everything else is icing on the cake.
No worries there. Been fishing the Bering Sea for 40 years. No pleasure boats in the Gulf or Bering Sea in March! Oh yeah, I was running one of his other boats and we were supposed to be travelling together, but he likes to show how he can do 12 knots to our 7 and 8. He knew he had problems two hours out of Seattle, and never moved freight to get accesss to the hatch even when sitting two days in Yakutat. Why did he go charging off ahead knowing he had problems and may need help? I know exactly what happened to the vessel, and why! When we travel 6,000 miles to the south pacific and back, we are 2,500 miles from anywhere, and no chopper can reach us. We stay within 2 miles of one another when not actively fishing. Even two miles is about 15 minutes. 15 minutes, is an eternity if you are on fire!
Why would you wear a Pfd? It's not designed to wear in a liferaft.
It's mayday x3
Sailing vessel name x3
Call sign
Mmsi number
Mayday, vessel name
Call sign
Mmsi number
Position
nature of distress
People on board?
Need immediate assistance
over.
Because the life raft wasn't releasing this is my old boat that I was on. We checked the equipment before leaving but Yard Arm Knot forced my Capt to take on too much freight even though knowing the boat was in high danger of sinking. My Captain made a bad call to agree but it was take the freight or don't fish that was the conditions. The whole situation was all avoidable.
The coordinates are 0.59.10 N 146.47 W
does anyone know what caused her to go down?
Water
Hell - Helmzmen
this is soooo cool!
+insidelinekrew
Break-Break - Signals to all listeners on the frequency, the message to follow is priority. Almost always reserved for emergency traffic or in NATO forces, an urgent 9 line or Frag-O. In Aviation it simply signifies the end of a transmission to one call-sign and the commencement of transmission to another. e.g. "G-WXYZ Standby. Break-Break. G-ABCD Cleared to Land Runway 17" etc.
Please tell me why the ship description matters to the rescuers. It was about to be at the bottom of the ocean. It's not like they were going to see it...
Joe Tobin there are a lot of vessels on the water some other one could of seen it or been closer
I'm in OS school, we have to ask these questions to know what to look for..
+Brianna Wilson i am an ABS-unlimited, I never went to OS school, I didn't know they even had OS school other than probably at a maritime school, when I became a OS, I filed for my MMD the only option was to be a OS and the only thing I could be was a wiper or oiler and it was go to a maritime school or just file the papers and be an OS for the 3 years, and I did that for 3 years on the great lakes then I became an AB-unlimited, which I still am, my question to you is this, are you training to be in the coast guard ? and is that why your in OS school, I only ask because your comment "we have to ask these questions to know what to look for..." makes me think your a future coasty, if so GOOD LUCK!!! I love the sea, I downed when I was 6 and remember it like it was yesterday, none the less I made my peace later in life with that event and ever since then I have loved going to sea, I love it more than anything else in the world and I guess I love it so much I am willing to die out there if that's how my end plays out, I sail around the globe, we go every where and when things go bad 7 times out of 10 there is no help, your thousands of NMs from land, if your lucky another vessel hears your cries for help and comes, but usually you just die.
Yeah theres only one boat calling for a mayday on a specific location never have i heard two boats call for a mayday at the same spot single celled brain questions like these are why they die and times wasted rather the dispatch the CG immediately and ask for those details after they should have a list if they had any type of common sense at all the boats registered to fish and game with everything and details they need so this wouldnt have to happen but no stupid as they are countless lives are lost because of this smh and FYI YOU WON'T FIND A SINKING BOAT DUH!
You gotta understand, the guy behind ther adio at a CG unit is the most junior, with the least experience. And he's filling in a work sheet for the search and rescue call.
Well the Coast Guard radio dispatcher should have known how urgent the situation was by the tone of the guys voice. It's clear they're in serious distress.
he said 069.02 N ; 146.47 W ?
Why is there a fart at 1:19?
Dude ripped a fat one
Nooo
wow im speechless
Color of Vessel doesn't matter when it's going to sink to the bottom.
I don't understand all of the formality in the radio traffic. Mayday call for sinking boat: I assume you get out your position, how many people you have on board and the nature of your distress and the name of your ship I guess. "Mayday x3, my position is ...., I have 4 people onboard, my boat is sinking, I need help! " sounded like a lot of wasted radio traffic when time was of the essence.
It seems like the dispatcher wasn’t able to hear the distress vessel as clearly as we can in this recording. Also he had to ask questions to find out what was wrong and how many on board. Those details are important and weren’t included in the mayday call. The next question he was trying to ask was a vessel description, since it isn’t known how fast it is sinking. If it’s partially afloat when rescuers arrive, the description might help them find it. I’m pretty sure help was already on the way while he asked the questions. Probably dispatched by typing into a terminal, so we wouldn’t hear that.
Dear Nicole (and the rest of the crew),
Bless you all and may you sleep sweetly.
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those bags they're throwing from the plane, i think is to spot the survivors in the vast see, what is the name and what they contain colored smoke
+Strong static raft
Rookie Coast Guard on duty !!! Even an other vessel gives the POB ( they have 4 people on board , that is 4 ) Send them boats and helicopters boy !!!!!
Steve Dusi checklist, have you used a VHF radio? Doesn't always come in clear
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Aika paha
Does color matter when it is at the bottom ?
This call is recorded for training purposes:
Captain (in distress while exiting a sinking boat): "Mayday Mayday...WE ARE GOING DOWN!!!"
Emergency response: "What color is the vessel?"
Captain's Response: "........" Emergency Response: "What is the color of your vessel?"
Ummm? Emergency workers, this is NOT the best question to ask when you hear silence.
I was behind him in another of his boats. I was issued at least six safety violations after being ordered direct to Kodiak. Hydro static release on raft and EPIRB, two years out of date. That's two. Fire extinguisers, eight years since last inspection, made three. EPIRB itself? Too old to be serviced. replaced.#4. Defective valves in the Gumby suits made 5, though each could have been seperate violations. #6, was the raft itself. It had not been repacked in 3 years! His was new, but blew away when he deployed it. I would have carried it to the lee side, having had to abandon my own vessel in a storm the previous September.
Can we have the make length , model year, email address, favorite band, first pets name OVER.
Mr. First day on the job Douche Guard needs to learn what a mayday call means....
It's disturbing to hear any distress call, including this one. What is way more disturbing is the robotic-voice of a teenage-squid who replied to their mayday call. Put a damn Chief or better on calls of this nature, who can at the least "act" like a human being!