Ian Waugh - A Mariner\'s Guide to Marine Communications

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Log Example I: DSC Distress Relay received from MRCC - casualty in reasonable steaming distance

from receiving vessel (own vessel is 'WizardlGWIZ').

Station

To

Date/time

lITC

27.10.01

0530 All Stations

0530

0531 Mayday Relay

0535 Cape Town

Station

From Remarks

006010001 Distress Relay - 232456789 - 29 20S 007 OlE

@ 0515UTC - sinking -J3E

On Watch j Uhuru

Cape Town Radio/Mayday justinalGJUS/232456789

29 20S 007 01E - struck submerged object-

sinking - 25 POB - vssls in vicinity report to

Cape Town Radio (Master informed)

Frequency

Channel or

Satellite

8414.5kHz

8291kHz

Wizard R Mayday - 75 miles W of casualty - proceeding

ETA 5 hours (R - stand-by 8291kHz) u

Author's explanation:

DSC Distress Relay will include the original DSC Distress Alert information in full - so you will know the

MMSI and position of the casualty from the Relay. Having ascertained that your vessel is within steaming

distance from the casualty, you can report into the Coast Station and provide an ETA (Master's decision). The

MRCC will normally expect you to maintain watch on the voice frequency from then on, so that you can be

contacted at any time.