📚 Navigational Warning

🟢 Beginner

Attention, attention, all vessels.

🔤 uh-TEN-shun / uh-TEN-shun / awl VES-ulz

say "listen" or "pay attention" twice, then talk about ships

🟢 Beginner

This is port service.

🔤 this IZ / port SUR-vis

the speaker is from a place that controls ships in a harbor

🟡 Intermediate

Navigational warning will be followed on channel 12.

🔤 nav-uh-GAY-shun-ul WOR-ning / will bee FOL-ode / awn CHAN-ul twelve

information about dangers at sea will come next, and you should listen on radio channel 12

🟢 Beginner

All vessels change to channel 12, over.

🔤 awl VES-ulz / CHANJ too CHAN-ul twelve / OH-ver

every ship must move to radio channel 12 now; speaker waits for reply

🟢 Beginner

All vessels, this is port service.

🔤 awl VES-ulz / this IZ port SUR-vis

attention all ships; the harbor control is speaking to you

🟢 Beginner

Navigational warning is as follows.

🔤 nav-uh-GAY-shun-ul WOR-ning / iz uz FOL-ohz

here comes information about dangers at sea

🔴 Advanced

One, a dangerous rag reported in position 185 degrees, 3 miles from Wisky lighthouse.

🔤 WUN / uh DAN-jer-us RAG / rih-POR-tid in puh-ZISH-un / one-ate-five dih-GREEZ / three MYLZ from / WHIS-kee LITE-hous

first warning: a piece of trash in the water was seen at a certain location and distance, described by direction and distance from a known place

🟡 Intermediate

Two, visibility in this area is reduced to 5 cables by rain.

🔤 TOO / viz-uh-BIL-uh-tee in this AIR-ee-uh / iz rih-DOOST too five KAY-bulz / by RAYN

second warning: you cannot see far because rain makes things unclear; the distance you can see is now very short

🔴 Advanced

If the visibility is decreased to reach less than 2 cables, navigation and the channel will be closed.

🔤 if thuh viz-uh-BIL-uh-tee / iz dih-KREEST too REECH / less than TOO KAY-bulz / nav-uh-GAY-shun and thuh CHAN-ul / will bee KLOZD

when you cannot see even shorter distances, ships cannot move through here and the waterway stops working

🟡 Intermediate

All vessels must comply with traffic regulations and keep a sharp lookout.

🔤 awl VES-ulz / must kum-PLY with / TRAF-ik REG-yuh-LAY-shunz / and KEEP uh SHARP look-OUT

every ship has to follow the rules and watch carefully for dangers

🔴 Advanced

Three, gunnery exercise will be conducted in area bounded by the following joining points - Alfa lighthouse, Brabel lighthouse, Charly lighthouse, and Delta lighthouse - from 1500 hours August 8 to 2000 hours August 10.

🔤 THREE / GUN-uh-ree EK-ser-size / will bee kun-DUK-tid / in AIR-ee-uh BOUND-id by thuh FOL-oh-wing JOY-ning POINTS / - AL-fuh LITE-hous / BRAY-bul LITE-hous / CHAR-lee LITE-hous / and DEL-tuh LITE-hous / - from FIF-teen-HUN-drid OURZ AW-gust AYT / too TWEN-tee-HUN-drid OURZ AW-gust TEN

third warning: weapons training will happen in a marked space between four known landmarks, starting at three in the afternoon on one date and ending at eight in the evening two days later

🟡 Intermediate

All vessels must keep clear of the area during gunnery exercise.

🔤 awl VES-ulz / must KEEP KLEAR uv / thuh AIR-ee-uh / DUR-ing GUN-uh-ree EK-ser-size

every ship should stay away from the place where weapons training happens

🟢 Beginner

This is port service, out.

🔤 THIS iz PORT / SER-vis / OUT

This message is from a port (harbor or radio station) and they are ending the radio conversation (no response needed)