Shouting

noelex said:
Hand signals are what we have always used as a back up, but it is not possible to convey complex pieces of information such as "can you see the swimmer 100m behind the Ovni“?

Ideally, anchoring is collaboration between the skipper at the helm and crew at the bow. Each has access to different information, so good communication between these two locations produces the best results. That does not mean that you cannot anchor successfully single-handed or that voice communication is essential, but an exchange of information makes things easier and sometimes improves the outcome.

We anchor over 300 days a year, so even minor improvements are worthwhile. If you anchor less, it would be much harder to justify the cost, although I am told these devices particularly excel when docking two handed, especially on a larger boat.
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Makes sense. Thank you for clarifying. I anchor over 300 days a year too, but single handed, so I never gave it much thought. Obviously with two people and good communication you can improve the outcome.
 
Wansworth said:
It would be a headset,do have to explain everything🙄
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I was implying that (if one feels one must go down the hi-tech route) a headset is the way to go. Do I have to explain everything? ;)

But if the Crow's Nest is the main challenge, then a speaking tube might be just the ticket.

Otherwise, spend the coming winter evenings brushing up on your semaphore together. :D
 
A friend bought a Fisher 37 second-hand. On one of their earlier weekends the wife was on the foredeck when the owner discovered that from his wheelhouse he could speak into a mike connected to a loudspeaker on the roof directed forwards. His wife got quite a shock.
 
LittleSister said:
I was implying that (if one feels one must go down the hi-tech route) a headset is the way to go. Do I have to explain everything? ;)

But if the Crow's Nest is the main challenge, then a speaking tube might be just the ticket.

Otherwise, spend the coming winter evenings brushing up on your semaphore together. :D
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This is not to be takenlikely sherefuses to talk to me If I shout!
 
Wansworth said:
This is not to be takenlikely sherefuses to talk to me If I shout!
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You will have to retire to your alpendre and practice speaking loudly - but not shouty - in a clear, deep, calm voice, and with crisp enunciation.

You can start now. Say after me - 'The rain in Spain falls mainly on the Rias'. 😁
 
Get a Megaphone, turn it max and you will be able to whisper sweet nothings all day long. Be prepared for feedback either from the megaphone or from the wife.
 
LittleSister said:
I was thinking the same, but also that with a phone you need one hand for the phone, and most docking, etc. jobs are two handers. (With 'one hand for the ship' and one for the phone that doesn't leave a lot of hands, unless Señora W. is an octopus.)
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I can put the phone in a zipped pocket and still hear it, or use earbuds.
 
Wansworth said:
My wife is allergic to being shouted at but as she is partially deaf and I am a bit I was thinking about one of those headsets with ear thingy a and a small mic so no shouting is needed in our yachting outings,any experience of possibilities,thanks
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I've only just realised that this is just another distraction. You'll probably get about six months discussion out of what headset you should get. At the end of that six months, you still won't have a boat.
 
Blue Seas said:
Get a Megaphone, turn it max and you will be able to whisper sweet nothings all day long. Be prepared for feedback either from the megaphone or from the wife.
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And feedback from all the other yachts in the anchorage. Probably feedback about the size of your genitals, your brain and some comments, probably non PC, about what you did to your mother.
 
I have a set of head ets and they work fine.

I tend to use then when fitting any item's on deck with under deck fastening where hand signals are not very good and its also hard to hear even when shouting.

I have also used then when up the mast if I need some tools of extra fittings and when I drop something to warn the wife to get out of the way of falling tools.
 
We had a series of married couples staying with us on board when our boat was new. One of the wives wrote a short account of her week for the club magazine. At one point she described me as having shouted something or other. To give her her due, my wife protested that I in fact never shout at her or anyone else in the normal way of things, perhaps making an exception for anyone on another boat that threatens to collide with mine.
 
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