| Office of Public Affairs U.S. Coast Guard Thirteenth District |
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| Press Release | Date: Sept. 27, 2005 (206) 220-7237 |
TWO PEOPLE SAFE AFTER BOAT RUNS AGROUND NEAR EVERETT, WASH. SEATTLE - Two people are safe today after their 20-foot pleasure boat ran aground near Coast Guard Sector Seattle received a call on VHF channel 16 from the Port of The Coast Guard established a communication schedule with the Port of Everett, which was visually monitoring the vessel. The vessel had no means of communication onboard. A commercial salvage vessel from Investigators from Coast Guard Sector Seattle are monitoring and investigating the grounding. The Coast Guard recommends vessels should carry an operable global positioning system and a VHF marine band radio onboard. Radio and global positioning systems, while moderately expensive are essential tools for boating safely. The Coast Guard can track a VHF marine band radio broadcast to its source which can speed rescuers to a specific location. Also when a boater broadcasts a call for help on channel 16, they are heard by everyone around them that is also monitoring the radio. In comparsion, a cell phone enables you to only conduct point-to-point communications. ### The U.S. Coast Guard is a military, maritime, multi-mission service within the
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