All boats in the Raid fleet must carry a VHF radio – and if you are bringing your own boat, you will need to provide your own radio. Capsize is always possible on the smaller raid-boats so the radio should be waterproof and carried on the body at all times when on the water, and secured with a lanyard. The LBT has standardised on the Icom M23 handheld VHF. This model appears to have been superseded by the Icom IC M25 which should be available for about $250. Don’t feel you need buy another VHF if you have one from a different manufacturer and it works well – standardising on a particular model just makes life easier when re-charging as the charging plugs are the same (although the M25 and M23 do use different charging plugs). The person in charge of a vessel must ensure that anyone using the radio on their boat knows how to operate it and is familiar with basic marine radio operating procedures.
