GL: Whistle "diagram"

[Matt Mattson]

West Marine, (others) have plastic quick reference placards with all  
the signals, lights, radio frequencies, etc. on them and can be hung  
at the pilot station.  I'm a 100 ton Master Near Coastal, made a  
living as a Commercial Pilot for years, working in the training  
department after the health went south: that said: all professional  
pilots use checklists and reference placards, surgical doctors do as  
well, and on the bridge of any major ship in the world, quick  
reference placards abound -- so why would we not buy them, post them  
at the helm, and refer to them frequently?  A few bucks at any marine  
store.  Yes, you have everything memorized to the best of your  
ability, and the short memory jogs are great -- but the placards at  
the helm are a must and they never forget and never get confused.

On Mar 3, 2007, at 11:19 PM, Ken Bloomfield wrote:

> I have made a JPG sketch of the 1 and 2 whistle meeting/overtaking
> scenarios, and anyone who wants it is welcome.  Only 27K, so not an  
> email
> hog.
>
> Since it is not possible to imbed graphics in the list-serve, I  
> have *tried*
> to use the normal ASC characters to simulate it.  I don't know if  
> this will
> come through or not, but if it does, and the track lines that you  
> should
> take don't get all fouled up, then this should settle the who sees  
> who out
> what window on a "one whistle pass" and a "two whistle pass".
>
> The track lines are for you.
>
> Ken B
>
>
> ===========================================
>
>  ONE WHISTLE, MEETING AND OVERTAKING
>
>  YOU---> ______           <---HIM
>                              |___________
>
>
>  YOU---> ___                    HIM--->
>                        |___________
>
>
> ============================================
>
>
>  TWO WHISTLES, MEETING AND OVERTAKING
>
>
>                              ___________________
>  YOU--->______ |          <----HIM
>
>
>
>                              _________________
> YOU---> ______ |          HIM--->
>
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