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Given the hideous nature of marine (and aviation) VHF audio quality, the
problem around here seems to be with boat names that are hard to
decipher, no matter how many times you hear them. Either the US and
Canadian Coast Guards have superior sound quality from their VHF
equipment, or they are really good at hearing a hard-to-understand name
and making an educated guess as to what it is. Can't say I've heard any
off-color boat names on the radio up here, but there are a few that can
make for some confusion. There's a boat up here named "Hey You!", for
example, which when you hear someone calling it always makes everyone
think someone nearby is calling their boat. As in, "Hey you, watch your
wake." And it's probably a good thing the Gloucester fishermen didn't
have radio back at the turn of the century-- Rudyard Kipling's fictional
fishing schooner "We're Here" could have provoked some "Who's on first,
no, Who's on second, What's on first" radio conversations.
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Bellingham, Washington
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