Getting crews attention !!

the whistle is your best bet,it is surprising how loud a good old fashioned 'refs' whistle is,we use them when lifting/manouvering heavy loads in very noisy enviroments
 
Erratic steering should get there attention, in a polite way.

I also find putting my now 6 year old at the helm seems to do the trick, although this has the added bonus of creating more space form the pushy boat behind, the X fleet racing up the river and not to mention the ferry...
 
Thanks all, tried the erratic steering but 'they' thought that was normal for me. Its 'marina' manouvering where we have the worst problem, I try to outline my plan but explain that it will probably go all wrong so instead of standing focussing on what should happen they should 'look about' see and anticipate what is actually going to happen ( with me always something different than the plan!!)
 
onesea said:
Erratic steering should get there attention, in a polite way.

I also find putting my now 6 year old at the helm seems to do the trick, although this has the added bonus of creating more space form the pushy boat behind, the X fleet racing up the river and not to mention the ferry...
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I put my daughter on the helm down the Hamble when she was about 9, but bing a bit short she only looked about 6, sitting on a fender to get a better view. I sat on the forepeak assessing what hazards she was taking in and how she dealt with them, pondering exactly when I had to get up and intervene.

We got funny looks from the passing traffic.
 
pcatterall said:
Thanks all, tried the erratic steering but 'they' thought that was normal for me. Its 'marina' manouvering where we have the worst problem, I try to outline my plan but explain that it will probably go all wrong so instead of standing focussing on what should happen they should 'look about' see and anticipate what is actually going to happen ( with me always something different than the plan!!)
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If its not working anyway just tell them what you want as an end result and let them get on with it.

EG: I want a spring and a headline, the winds form behind so probably spring first. Or the winds blowing us off so just make sure we get lines on so we don't hit the other boat, we can tidy up after.

Just don't start my trick I am so used to doing it on my own, I have to stop myself from doing it for them.

chewi said:
I put my daughter on the helm down the Hamble when she was about 9, but bing a bit short she only looked about 6, sitting on a fender to get a better view. I sat on the forepeak assessing what hazards she was taking in and how she dealt with them, pondering exactly when I had to get up and intervene.

We got funny looks from the passing traffic.
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Mine has always loved steering, even as a baby, she push and pull the tiller and I would move her as required to compensate....
 
>There they are on the foredeck, swanning about, chatting etc while I'm stuck in the wheel house trying to attract their attention to various potential disasters all around us!

If I had potential disasters around I wouldn't allow anyone on foredeck they would be back with me helping keep watch on what's happening around us.

We had that situation but with just one ship over Biscay, we couldn't work out where it was going it had a red light on the port bow, a red light on the starboard bow and a huge round red light on the stern. I would have happily blasted it out of the water if I had the means to do it.
 
KellysEye said:
>There they are on the foredeck, swanning about, chatting etc while I'm stuck in the wheel house trying to attract their attention to various potential disasters all around us!

If I had potential disasters around I wouldn't allow anyone on foredeck they would be back with me helping keep watch on what's happening around us.

We had that situation but with just one ship over Biscay, we couldn't work out where it was going it had a red light on the port bow, a red light on the starboard bow and a huge round red light on the stern. I would have happily blasted it out of the water if I had the means to do it.
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are you sure it wasnt on fire
 
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