GL: Black Warrior, Birmingport, AL to Mobile Bay to Orange Beach, AL

[Ken Bloomfield]

Don't want to seem argumentative, but the whole idea of the whistle signal 
protocol is exactly to prevent any confusion.  It is like "starboard" and 
"port", there is no confusion to what that means as there might be with 
"left" and "right".

There are no options about what a "one whistle pass" means, and there is no 
such thing as "my one whistle" or "your one whistle" --- it is simply pass 
"one whistle (on the one)" or "two whistles (on the two)" period, full stop. 
Once stated, anyone who understands the navigation rules has no doubt about 
what to do.  Surely, none of use would use the waterways without at least 
understanding the core waterway rules (fingers crossed).

Ken Bloomfield
MTOA 2062


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob McLeran" <rmcleran@ix.netcom.com>
To: <great-loop@lists.samurai.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2007 5:36 PM
Subject: Re: GL: Black Warrior, Birmingport, AL to Mobile Bay to Orange 
Beach, AL


> Personally, I prefer to respond to the "Pasmeonaone(ortwo)whilse" by
> confirming that I'll be passing on the commercial vessel's port or
> starboard side. There's no reason to repeat what might be confusing when
> there is an easy response that both parties to the conversation
> understand. Why talk in code at the risk of misinterpretation! The "one
> whistle" or "two whistle" refers to the Inland Rules section for sound
> signals when meeting or overtaking another vessel