https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim...
While that is federal law, the obligation to monitor radio traffic is federal regulation and we all know what the powers that be think of federal regulations. On the other hand, if the coast guard is trying to hail you and you don’t respond, things can get dicey fast
It’s rare that a paper just admits that it’s slinging mud at someone for something it admits he didn’t do, but knows it will still have the intended effect because its readers won’t read past the headline.
> The yacht crew had been operating on a different radio channel, Baker told Forbes. “The assist was already under way” by the time they reviewed the broadcast, he said.
It’s just naked propaganda.
It may very well be true, but who in this day and age believe that statement ? If true, I would say the Captain should be fired.