Cruiseheimers Net           

The Cruiseheimers net is about keeping in touch and helping cruisers connect and share information.  Since we're a scattered community, it helps create cohesiveness among us, no matter how distant.

Net Manager: Dave "Dyad"  

The Cruiseheimers Net meets each morning,
seven days a week at 0830 Eastern Time on SSB 8152 kHz / 8.152 mHz
-OR- 6.516 mHz or 6.227 mHz during a seasonal change (very loosely defined as Fall to Spring).

The net covers Eastern U.S. and Canada, The Bahamas, and northern Caribbean..

A Net Control facilitates.  Informal.

Emergency, medical, and priority traffic
Announcements and Queries *
Check-ins for short-timers (those who can't stay for the entire net)
Boats actively underway check in
Boats by region check in
Traffic List is run (if the Net Control called for one)
Wrap-up.  Net usually runs about a half hour.

* Queries which beg lengthy discussion will be diverted to the end of the net.  Other cruisers will standby to discuss your issue with you.

Cruiseheimers is not a club.  All cruisers are welcome here.
The Net is very informal.  We use boat names.

It's okay to pass brief information to another vessel, but if it's more than a short message, please take your traffic off frequency.

There are no meteorologists here.  Please use NOAA or the legendary Chris Parker for marine conditions and forecasts.

(also Netspeak)

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The Net was started in March 1997 in the Bahamas by a group of boats from the west coast of the U.S.  They were all missing the informal chat nets that are run in Mexico and Central America on both HAM and SSB frequencies.

The primary founders were Roy on "Temptress", Gill on "Running Free" and Alice on "Lady Helen."  They started a daily radio schedule to keep in touch with each other. Other cruisers quickly jumped aboard simply to chat and the Net was born!

It was originally called the "West Coast/East Coast Cruiser Net" because all of the original group had started their cruising on the west coast, and one way or another made their way to the east coast.  After more boats started joining the Net, the name sounded a little exclusive, so Roy suggested the name of "Cruiseheimers."

Cruiseheimers is a term that originated in the Sea of Cortes, Mexico to describe a malady which affects many long term cruisers.  Specifically it refers to the inability to remember the day of the week, the month, and sometimes even the name of your boat or mate among other things.  It happens after you've been out for awhile.  The bunch of cruisers involved with founding the Net were all afflicted with the disorder to one degree or another as are all of us who have joined them.

Recognition to Dave "Destiny"
who was the Sunday Net Control
from 2001 - 2010.
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