Marine Radios Review

True – VHF radios are not required in many areas of the world – and particularly if your boat happened to be less than 65.6 feet long.  Does this meat that you should not put one on board?  Certainly not!!  Fact is, many boaters find they require 2 on board – one VHF Marine Radio for monitoring communication between them and the coast guard with regard to the weather and another (usually a hand held VHF Marine Radio) to be used in the event of an emergency requiring the evacuation of the ship.  Sure is nice to know that there are waterproof hand held marine radios available so even though you may be bobbing around in a raft somewhere, you’ll be safe and you’ll be able to communicate with the Coast Guard to gain assistance.