Sea Tow working channels for LI and Conn:
Pt Jeff , Eastern LI @ Southold, Shinnecock, Moriches, Montauk all use 18A, Montauk also uses ch 6 as a secondary working channel.
Western LI Sound@ Mamaroneck, Central Conn @ Saybrook & Branford use Ch 8
Don't know what Northport, and Bridgeport-Stamford uses.
Great South Bay Fire Island uses Ch 11
Freeport uses Ch 10
Eastern Conn (Mystic, Watch Hill) uses ch 5A and 6 secondary.
With that said, you only hear about 1/4 of the activity because much dispatching is done via text or nextel type PTT where available. so the trend here is much like Police Dpts moving much dispatch activity to MDT terminals instead of voice. A lot of boaters prefer to call the 800 dispatch number directly and communicate via cell phone so that the predicament they got into does not go public.
Sea Tow's on the LI South Shore often are contacted by Satphone by disabled boaters who are beyond VHF range.
