blueglass
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Reged: 27/04/2003
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Loc: Greece (boat) Shropshire (home...
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OK see your problem.
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colmce
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Reged: 20/02/2004
Posts: 2992
Loc: Canterbury
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You've got the VHF, as long as you only use it in extremis then I wouldn't worry about a certificate, limit your calls to genuine Pan-pans or maydays and I can't imagine anyone having a problem.(and if you get fined after the rescue would you care?)
As to the twats who say that safety has no price, bollocks, if I'd waited until I had the money to equip a boat to moderate safety standards I would have missed out on many years of sailing.
The instruction book of most VHFs gives you more than enough information to stop making a prat of your self.
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"English life at home is complementary to life at sea: security and monotony are its essential characteristics."............Elias Canetti.
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Kawasaki
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Reged: 21/06/2004
Posts: 4619
Loc: Anglesey Wales
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So You might be 'Sent To Coventry' well some good News there then!
VHF--- as per colmce.
Use it , don't abuse it.
French language bit!
Thought Maritime/ Aeroplane Language was Saxon based anyway?
Well tiss round ere, with some Celtic stuff thrown in.
I do hear some strange accents from what sounds like Southern Hemishpere speak calling Liverpool Pilot, from time to time.
In the Perpignon area last July.
Hactually Dave Snelson's Rent a Flat in Port Lacuatte (spelling?) Blatant Add Folks!. 
Heard the VHF speak on me handheld, lot's of English going on.
So Chris buy a handheld.
Got Mine from Malthouse.
Standard Horizon £85 Blatant Add Folks!
Borrocks I don't care.
I don't care and neither will the Coastgaurd here on in France if you have to make an emergency call without said Ticket.
But, Chris, you know You have to Do It.
So Do It and stop muckin about.
Just stay off The Weed for a week or two 
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Plus Don,t do serious, lifes too short.
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jfm
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Reged: 16/05/2001
Posts: 7810
Loc: London/Antibes
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You'll be fine sans licence Chrtis. If boat is UK flagged then UK rules apply, as do local Fr rules.
So far as Uk rules are concerned, there is established practice of NOT checking up and enforcing, and under Uk law they cannot pick on you. So if you are pulled over and threatened with a massive £30 fine or summink I and many others will be witnesses for you and will say that in 20 years of boating no UK authority has EVER asked to see my licence. And you are allowed in emergency. So that covers off the UK rules.
As for French rules I dont know but I'd bet there are no local French rules. As you know use of VHF down there is much more sloppy (meant nicely; it's rule-free) than in solent say. I have been pulled over 3 times in France and asked for ship's papers, VAT stuff, my licences, etc, but never the VHF certificate
So save the £90, learn VHF use on internet, and broadcast and be damned :-)
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B175Chris
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Reged: 06/06/2006
Posts: 6815
Loc: B'ham + Port Grimaud
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Thanks for replies, Colmce, Kwaka and jfm, much appreciated 
All equipment will be used in the safest way possible if used at all, I'm not a hoaxer and I've learnt a good few things over my time here. I'll learn all the procedures anyway, can't hurt to know how to use the thing 
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"The Happy Brothers! It's homey, but just hard enough to pronounce to intimidate the riff-raff!"
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