Recent content by peggyt1243

Thank you Portland Billy. Thank you very, very much.

Peggyt12435 hours ago @Casual Navigation Can you confirm that it is NOT a "fire wire"? REPLY Casual Navigation 27 minutes ago It is unusual to have a firewire hanging over the bow. When I have used them, we hung them out of one of the offshore leads so that tugs could get easy access if...

Below is the answer to the question as answered by a pilot in the UK with a you tube channel called Casual Navigation. This channel has 186,000 followers. Highlighted reply Casual Navigation 1 hour ago It is usually to draw attention to the bulbous bow so small boats don't run over it...

The photos at the link is not a "fire wire". It is a red warning flag for small craft to be aware of the bulbous bow below the water and the large overhang above the water...

Ah but I do know what I am talking about. You are not talking about the line that hangs perpendicular down from the bow and has a red flag close to the water line. It is not a mooring line and it is not a tow line, it is a line specifically to hold a warning flag for small vessels that will...

I see them frequently flying below the bow of passenger ships moored where small craft such as launches come and go frequently during the day. These small craft are entering and departing a basin and must go under the mooring lines of cruise ships. The flags and bow lines could not ever be...

I have already looked closely. There is no connecting point. The line simply holds a red flag above the water to warn small craft. There is one Celebrity ship that never has one of these flags and that is the Edge. Due to its bow shape there is absolutely no need for a warning flag. Like...

The original question pertained to passenger ships, not cargo ships or tankers. I doubt very much that a tug boat would pull a burning passenger ship away from a pier because the first priority would be to get the passengers off. I agree that ships containing dangerous goods could very well...

A red "bravo" flag flying from a mast may indeed indicate "I am taking in or discharging or carrying dangerous goods." (Originally used by the Royal Navy specifically for military explosives.) as specified in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_maritime_signal_flags . A red flag...

The red flag hanging from the bow of a ship is similar to the red flag that you hang on a load that protrudes from the rear of your vehicle. It is a warning flag. Cruise ships often dock where smaller vessels come and go. The bow of a cruise ship often hangs out much further than the bow at...

The red flag hanging from the bow of a ship is similar to the red flag that you hang on a load that protrudes from the rear of your vehicle. It is a warning flag. Cruise ships often dock where smaller vessels come and go. The bow of a cruise ship often hangs out much further than the bow at...

The red flag hanging from the bow of a ship is similar to the red flag that you hang on a load that protrudes from the rear of your vehicle. It is a warning flag. Cruise ships often dock where smaller vessels come and go. The bow of a cruise ship often hangs out much further than the bow at...

Actually the website is Australian.

http://www.cevni.info/sounds.pdf A 1 second blast is a very short blast. Check the pictoral description at the link.

My father was the captain of a freighter. Engines were used to manouvre in tight areas. I am sure you are well aware that a ship can pivot in one place using just engines. My father retired some over 30 years ago and there were no bow thrusters and no joysticks.