Recommended VFR Route - what is the point?

Perhaps the idea was to make communications clear and unambiguous?

< call sign > on the recommended route, Southbound from Saint Catherine’s, 10 NM to GARMI , VFR , altitude xyz < / call sign >

would be as clear as clear can be

I don’t have any problems with recommended VFR routes in class Golf. They are mostly thought for non-GPS flyers, by linking teo prominent features together and help pilots stay well clear of protected or restricted airspace.
Live and let live….

What I have issues with is mandatory routes in class Golf, such as between France and Corsica and France and the CI.

I was referring to recommended VFR routes in general.

When your engine quits, and assuming your navigation has been accurate, they have a pretty good idea where to haul you out of the briny. Going to France this week on a longish channel crossing it did leaving me thinking how long it would take to recover the bodies from the water.

Peter – good point but how many know to do that?

You have about 50 miles at 2,000 feet plus the correction for the height of the radar head so mid channel you should be ok with the coastal heads and the CIs but you would be wise to get out a squawk as soon as possible I guess if you want to attrach attention.

However, the wink was really because search and rescue may have a more accurate idea of your approximate route but on the longer crossing you will do well to survive anyway especially at this time of year.