Herb Hilgenberg

Herb Hilgenberg

Herb Hilgenberg is a Canadian sailing enthusiast who, since 1987, provides a daily ship-routing/weather forecasting service for vessels at sea. Hilgenberg provides his service free of charge via marine HF/SSB on a frequency of 12359.0 kHz starting at 2000 UTC.

Hilgenberg personally experienced bad weather at sea while sailing with his family. In response to the lack of information about weather on the ocean Hilgenberg started to contact boats on the ocean and update them with weather forecasts and routing suggestions.

Hilgenberg provides his service to approximately 50 vessels a day, 7 days a week. Hilgenberg operates his service from his home in Burlington, Ontario, Canada.

Hilgenberg has assisted the Coast Guard during multiple search and rescue cases. Several people are alive today due to Hilgenberg's efforts.

References

http://www3.sympatico.ca/hehilgen/uscg.htm


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