OK Now I got a radio, where to go?

Let me confess a bias, I was a Sailor (Brown Water, deck ape and Gunner's Mate) and a Merchie Wiper/Ordinary Seaman and did a little recreational blue water sailing back in the day and have certain romantic notions of maritime radio. With this 14.300Mhz (http://14300.net/ )and the Intercon, Maritime, Pacific and USCG nets hold quite an attraction. Most of the time its like most nets with check ins and signal reports but it gets interesting at times following single handers, world cruisers and the occasional traffic of vessels in difficulty. The other advantage is that it is international in nature and openings are often evident at this "Watering Hole." However, its not a place to start a QSO but can tell you what may be open. 73 Rob