Comms with a deserted cockpit

[rogerthebodger]

yes, but firing one off in the crowded solent on an august bank holiday would just be antisocial Ours is a lovely little pumo up job so you never need to buy an air can.

I can get you any number of vuvuzela's which are even more antisocial.

There's even a natural model made from a kudu horn

 

[PetiteFleur]

OK for the occasional toot, I found, but it does take a surprising amount of pumping time (and effort) if you're repeatedly sounding in fog.

If only someone would invent a horn that could run off 12 volts, and be sounded at the touch of a button.

I made up an old car horn on a board with handle and push button and powered from the 12v socket. Not used it for years, not even sure if it still works!

 

[Sailingsaves]

You could have called up the coast guard to advise them that there was a vessel that appeared to be under way but not under command and perhaps they should investigate. You could have stood by to watch the fun when the RNLI arrived. Altho admittedly the RNLI have better things to do.

I made the mistake of not understanding "Not Under Command". E.g. a single hander taking a 10 minute nap (away from fast ferries), cannot legally claim to be "not under command", so these two could not claim it either.

See post #4 here:
http://www.ybw.com/forums/showthrea...be-a-pain-in-the-butt-(literally)-on-a-voyage

I did consider buying one of these in case it was ever needed to hail a boat that was close enough and did not have their vhf on:
https://cpc.farnell.com/search?st=loud hailer

but decided electronics and the sea were not a good mix and it would not last long.

(I would buy an old brass one though). Maybe a large chart rolled into a cone would work...