Blowing your trumpet

[david_e]

A few weeks ago, parents of a yacht owning friend received a call from the coastguard at 2.00 am to say that they their son's boat had made a distress call to them and being as no-one could see or find the boat could the parents help (CG66 info).

As the boat was berthed up and the friend nowhere near the sea at the time it was thought mistaken identity. But as there are, and were, no other boats in the area of the same or similar name thoughts went further.

Most likely conclusion was that the day before, whilst at anchor, he had given some verbals to a group of jetskis who were being a nusance buzzing, wash etc etc.

So what type of formal legal response could be given to these pests without appearing to be obviously verbal?

1 Would it be in order to get your frog horn out and give the minimum five short blasts "to make your intentions clear" - hoping that theywould get the message and b*****r off. (if you recognised them back at the bar, could do it there while they are eating etc)

2 Could two or more boats string out neck high trip lines and/or linesin the water to snag the suction motors, then hoist the fishing boat signal that says "gear out to port/starboard etc"

3 Is there a signal that says - "shooting imaginary clay pigeons with my 12 bore from stern - keep at least 500 metres clear".

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[steve_cronin]

Re: Blowing your..something else

my remedy might require:-

1, A means of storing at least a week's sea toilet output.

2. A couple of lengths of high pressure hose

3. A fantail nozzle from a farm equipment suppliers

4. a powerful Jabsco wash pump.

5. Assorted wiring & connections.

you can guess the rest.

Steve Cronin

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[vyv_cox]

Re: Blowing your..something else

Your proposal is an excellent one, but not original. A few years ago in North Wales we suffered an influx of 'travellers'. One group parked on a wide grass verge adjacent to a farm field, where they resisted all attempts by police and local authority to shift them. These people know their rights and it seemed impossible to move them. Meanwhile, thefts in the area rocketed and the area began to resemble a scrap yard.

After a few weeks the farmer decided to do a little muckspreading in the adjacent field and 'accidentally' left the apparatus running immediately alongside the unauthorised campsite. They were all gone within an hour.

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[peterb]

You ought to find a suitable signal in Annual Notice to Mariners No 7. It includes signals like "I am preparing to conduct operations employing explosive charges" and "I am preparing to conduct missile exercises".

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[LadyInBed]

Re: Ribit

I would give the minimum five short croaks on the frog horn /forums/images/icons/wink.gif

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[Richard_Blake]

Don't know about "formal, legal" but I've had success in discouraging speeding water idiots (after gestured appeals for them to slow down/make less waves) by pointing a camera at them - implication of evidence, reporting to the authorities and so on. Seems to work more often than not here in Amsterdam (5 out of 7 in total). Could maybe be reinforced by a police-type peaked cap and the pretence of speaking into a radio handset?

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