GL: Fw: Whistle signals.

[Ski Grumboski]

I always remember that "one whistle" means I'm going to steer to the right 
whether I'm over taking a barge or passing on coming in the opposite 
direction.

The "two whistle" means I'm going to steer to the left of the barge.

Cheers,
Ski aboard the M/V Susan Darlene doing the Great Loop and docked in Ft. 
Myers, FL

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ken Bloomfield" <khtb@bellsouth.net>
To: <great-loop@lists.samurai.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2007 6:06 PM
Subject: GL: Fw: Whistle signals.


> 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.
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