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From: Jeff Bacon (no email)
Date: Fri Mar 02 2007 - 09:24:42 EST
This will make for a good discussion..........
Coleen's story, below, is a great one ! However, as I visualize the
situation, I wonder if I would have acted the same way.
Here is what I know......
If I am approaching another vessel, and he gives me ONE Whistle, we will
pass port to port. TWO Whistles we will pass Starboard to Starboard. My
memory device is that Starboard is two syllables, so 2 whistles, port is
one syllable, so 1 whistle.
If I am being overtaken by a vessel and get a ONE Whistle signal, he
will pass me on my Starboard side, TWO Whistles he will pass on my port
side.
Now what I don't know......
If I am approaching a stationary vessel, as Coleens CG Cutter seemed to
be (tending a buoy), and I get a TWO Whistle signal, am I overtaking
that vessel, or approaching that vessel ? If he is stationary and his
bow is facing you, would that be different than if his stern was facing you
If I was in Coleens situation, there is the possibility that I would
have assumed I was overtaking, and continued my course.
Any thoughts !
Jeff
Roger Lalonde wrote:
> <>I was aboard a commercial ship a few years ago and the Pilot gave a one
> whistle command to the Helmsman and the message got confused and he
> understood
> to go starboard to starboard. Helmsman went 5 degrees to starboard
> while the
> pilot observed on the rudder angle indicator and noticed it was going the
> wrong way... HELL there was a lot of scrambling for a few seconds to
> correct
> the issue. The mistake was that the Pilot always gave command as 5 degrees
> starboard or five degrees port. The helmsman was new and thought he
> knew the
> whistle signals.
> Regards,
> Roger, an Auxiliary
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Coleen Barger" <>
> <>A post on the topic asked, "What is everyone talking about
> 'whistles'? ...
> You're talking to him on a VHF, for cryinoutloud, not sounding your horn!"
>
> Got a true story for you. About 4 1/2 years ago, Gary and I were
> southbound
> on the Mississippi River and about to go around a sizeable bend at a place
> where the river was pretty wide (and for you folks who don't know rivers,
> wide often equals shallow). Ahead of us and downstream was a Coast Guard
> cutter who was repositioning or replacing a can. We were trying to stay
> out of his way and so we turned to our right to cut across the bend and
> get on downstream of him. Immediately, just as we made our turn, the
> <>skipper of the cutter gave us a horn signal, two whistles, in fact.
> We knew what
> to do on hearing that and immediately returned the signal and altered our
> course to keep him on our starboard side. If we hadn't understood the
> <>whistle and taken immediate action, we would have gone aground on a
> sandbar. The
> cutter was warning us away from the sandbar in the fastest way he could
> do so.
>
> Moral of the story: You may not always be able to use the radio or use it
> fast enough. Whistle signals are not obsolete. Learn 'em.
> Coleen Barger
> "Calypso Poet" Carver 466
> website -- http://www.calypsopoet.net
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