Marine Radio on a Hobie?

Just wondering....Has anybody ever tried to bring a marine radio with on their hobie? I want to try and bring with to maybe listen to on a lighter wind day on when I land on some of the various islands on our lake. If so, do you have any recommendations for a battery operated unit for my H16?

Yeah... I used to carry one on my 17 when I sailed offshore or up on a big lake north of here. It was made by ICOM, in theory waterproof (I kept it in a bag anyway) and powerful enough to reach quite a way. But it was BIG. The new radios are much smaller, probably more waterproof (there's really no such thing as "waterproof") and run longer. I'd still buy an ICOM. And probably should get one for my windsurfing "trips".

The most fun I had with it was a raging day when I really shouldn't have been out alone and a CG Aux boat came out to check on me. I was out on the wire, yeehawing my way across the lake when they bashed through the waves towards me. I throttled down as they tried to holler across the water to check that I was OK. I grabbed the radio off my vest and hailed them on channel 16 to see what they wanted. That should have been their first clue. Took me a few minutes to explain to them that I would be safer if they would just get the heck out of my way so that I could back to having fun.

They were getting soaked and the co-pilot looked positively green as they turned back towards where they were based.

Gotta love it...

But a standard scanner can be even more fun since it picks up police and fire department. And a scanner is especially nice to have if you experience frequent severe weather - RACES nets are the key to early warning.

Brian C

We definitely carry a VHF for three reasons. We are often enough out of sight of other boats and not in a regatta that the safety factor is huge. If bad weather is coming in we get the latest updates. If someone else is in trouble we can call in help quickly. One-fifty $ from West Marine gets you a nice "submersible" handheld rated VHF with 110V AC or 12V DC charging and 12 hours of run time. Cheap insurance.

Are you talking about a radio, music, or radio, help were sinking.

I assume you mean a tunes radio, we take a shower radio with us. don't buy the cheep ones the reception stinks, most have a timer and clock on them.

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this one looks like it may be durable as long as you don't flip.

http://www.amazon.com/Sony-ZS-H10CP-Heavy-Duty-Radio-Boombox/dp/B000FHD7PI

Marine radio, BTW, is a commonly used term for VHF two way commincations radios. I had no idea you were looking a tune box. Get one of those radio for the shower deals. Or better yet listen to the sounds of the sea, I can't imagine a better soundtrack unless there are smokers around.

Hawaii requires boats to carry either an EPIRB or radio. A radio makes more sense as there are so many tourist carrying boats around that will offer assistance.

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