Dear Sailors,
First of all I'd like to wish you all only the fair winds in the New Year, many great adventures nad health to survive them
Then I want to ask you for help. I'm writing thesis on the radiocommunication equipment on the (mostly) ocean going yachts. I study at Maritime University in Gdynia, Poland.
To write about the actual situation I need your help. Below I put a questionaire about equipment on your yachts. If you would please fill in this form and send it to my e-mail adress:
a.peszkowska@gmail.com or just leave it here on the forum I would be very very gratefull!
Thanks and best wishes for everyone once again!
Here goes the form:
Questionnaire: radiocommunication equipment of the yacht you sail at.
1. Basic information about the yacht:
a) LOA(m or feet)............................................. .......
Type of rigging........................................... .........
c) Sails area (sq m or sq feet)...................................
2. How much time is the yacht afloat during the year (please mark the right answer with x)?:
Less than 3 months
3 months
6 months
12 months
3. What kind of sailing do you ussualy choose (please mark the right answer with x)?:
Oceanic
Offshore
Coastal
4. How many persons do you ussualy carry on board (please mark the right answer with x)?:
1
2
3-5
6-10
More
5. Would you please describe in general the route you made with your boat during last 12 months (please name the ports and countries):
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6. The radiocommunication and safety equipment on your boat (please select from the following by marking with x):
VHF Radio
DSC
Radio MF/HF*
Satellite telephone**
EPIRB
SART
Radar
Life-raft
Other***
*Do you use electronic mail via MF/HF? If yes then what kind of mail do you use (please give the name of it like for example „sailmail”):...................................... ..............................
**If you use satellite telephone please write in which system it works (ex. INMARSAT-M):............................................... ..............................
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***Please name the device............................................ ..............................
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