John does make a good point that for anyone who is not familiar with
whistle signals (via real horn or radio) this discussion can be
bewildering, even though usually most posts are right. However, there
is one comment that I do not agree with, and that is regarding the quote
below. There is no such thing as "who's one" or "who's two" since one
and two whistle passes are defined and never change. There is no
situation where my whistle and your whistle differ, or where my one is
your two, etc.
If we are meeting, regardless of who initiates the whistle suggestion, a
one whistle pass is one whistle pass, and the same is true for
overtaking. This is the whole idea of the whistle signal convention.
I have seen the situation on the Tenn Tom where one boat (not a tow) was
overtaking another cruiser and said "I'll do a starboard pass" and he
meant (and should have said) a one whistle pass. The cruiser he was
passing though he meant that the overtaking vessel would keep him on his
starboard and immediately swung to starboard very nearly causing an
accident. The air was blue, and no damage was incurred, but it was a
perfect example of why the whistle convention was made.
Ken Bloomfield
On 1/29/2012 11:15 PM, great-loop-request@lists.trawlering.com John &
Judy Gill jjgill@twojscom.com wrote:
The problem is that one can not be sure who's One or who's Two they refer to.
John does make a good point that for anyone who is not familiar with
whistle signals (via real horn or radio) this discussion can be
bewildering, even though usually most posts are right. However, there
is one comment that I do not agree with, and that is regarding the quote
below. There is no such thing as "who's one" or "who's two" since one
and two whistle passes are defined and never change. There is no
situation where my whistle and your whistle differ, or where my one is
your two, etc.
If we are meeting, regardless of who initiates the whistle suggestion, a
one whistle pass is one whistle pass, and the same is true for
overtaking. This is the whole idea of the whistle signal convention.
I have seen the situation on the Tenn Tom where one boat (not a tow) was
overtaking another cruiser and said "I'll do a starboard pass" and he
meant (and should have said) a one whistle pass. The cruiser he was
passing though he meant that the overtaking vessel would keep him on his
starboard and immediately swung to starboard very nearly causing an
accident. The air was blue, and no damage was incurred, but it was a
perfect example of why the whistle convention was made.
Ken Bloomfield
On 1/29/2012 11:15 PM, great-loop-request@lists.trawlering.com John &
Judy Gill <jjgill@twojscom.com> wrote:
> The problem is that one can not be sure who's One or who's Two they refer to.
