GL: Fw: Whistle signals.

[Ken Bloomfield]

 Henry,
 Since you didn't state what you actually do with the whistle instructions,
 it is hard to say if what you do is correct or not, but essentially what
 Andy says is bang on.  For example, when a tow boat Captain suggest to you 
a
 one whiste pass, he expects to be passed by you on YOUR port side,
 regardless of whether you are meeting him oncoming or passing him.
 Conversely, when he suggests a 2 whistle pass, he expects to be passing you
 on YOUR starboard side.

 Andy's little rule is easy and accurate, and to perhaps supplement it
 (albeit not necessary) you may remember that if there is a course deviation
 needed from you for a safe pass (i.e. you were meeting head-on), -- with a
 one whistle pass you would alter course to starboard as a correction and
 with a two whistle pass you would alter your course to port.  I suggest to
 stick with Andy's rule and you will be OK.

 Hope the following comes through the way I have "drawn" it:

 YOUR MEETING
 ONE WHISTLE
 <-----you-- 
 --him----->

 YOUR OVERTAKING
 ONE WHISTLE
 --him------>
 ---you----->



 YOUR MEETING
 TWO WHISTLES
 --you----->
 <----him--

 YOUR OVERTAKING
 TWO WHISTLES
 --you------>
 ---him----->

 All the best,
 Ken Bloomfield
 MTOA 2062
 MV Tellico Lady, 50' Std. Body




>I had a little different take on that.  Coming down the Ten-Tom approaching
> a tow going either direction,I would always ask him which side I should
>> pass
> on.  He would of course reply "Wypasmeonaone(or two)whilse" meaning pass
>> me
>> on the one whistle, and I would respond, "Roger,I'm passing you on your 
>> one
>> whistle" (or two).  I always took him to be describing his vessel side, 
>> not
>> mine, and always responded back to make sure we were both clear. None of
>> them ever corrected me.  Have I been doing it wrong or have they (tow 
>> boats)
>> been doing it wrong?
>> Henry Wing
>> Ft Myers Yacht Basin
>>
>>
>> On 2/28/07, Andy La Stella <andylastella@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>> I always think of the one whistle pass as taking the other vessel on my
>>> port side (one whistle for the single syllable side) and two whistle 
>>> pass
>>> as taking the other vessel on my starboard side (two whistles for the 
>>> two
>>> syllable side).  Hope that helps.