With fishing slow and not much to report it’s a good time to do winter maintenance and check our safety equipment. I.E. Flares, horn, first aid equipment, ECT... also please check and register your DSC on your VHF. If you do nor have a VHF with one buy one! A good radio is very inexpensive and could save you life! I prefer ICOM radio's but have a standard horizon and an ICOM 604 on my boat. Here is the web site to register and a few radio web sites. Joe

http://www.coastalsailing.net/Cruisi...Radio/DSC.html

http://www.icomamerica.com/

http://www.standardhorizon.com/

http://www.uniden.com/index/home.cfm

http://www.furuno.com/