Hi,

I was reading the book Shiphandling for the Mariner and there's a part of the book where the author states that upon aproaching a buoy, the master should position himself in the bow (for a better view) and keep comunication with th bridge trough a UHF walkie talkie with VHF unit as a backup.

I wonder why he stated that.
Could it be due to VHF pocessing a better range in case of VLCC ships for instance with lots of steel panels and these being a problem for the UHF transpose?
Or is it due to another reason?

Thanks in advance.