Sunken yacht in Solent

This was anchored next to us in Tobermory. The anchor chain exits from underneath the boat, so it cannot be seen.

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ylop said:
Need no. But if there was a boat sitting at a different angle from the rest (long keel, lots of windage) it would be quite nice to be able to see at a glance that it was anchored rather than arriving or leaving. With boats yawing around in gusts they often aren't 'strangely motionless'.

To be honest what would actually be useful in there is if there was a number written on the ball for all to see so you can estimate their swinging circle!

Puilladobhrain is probably an extreme example - head across to loch spelve for the first time and you'll find a mix of anchored and moored vessels with quite different swinging characteristics (once you know it, they are obvious). Head north to Oban bay and you'll find lots of moored boats in regular places but sometimes a boat anchored off Kerera marina beyond the moorings - from 200m away is she anchored or slowly motoring towards you?

Compared to leaving your AIS transmitting as underway whilst you are anchored it is insignificant. That should be punishable by sinking! ;-)
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Ah, but there are lots of things involved in sailing that you "can't see at a glance". Is that such a bad thing?
 
awol said:
No, but I do put my anchor light on to find my way back from the Troosers.
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What if they all had their anchor lights on?
We had something similar in Croatia, big bay full of moorings, plus a number of anchored boats, I counted over a hundred. Most boats had their anchor lights on…
 
awol said:
100+ yachts in Puilladohbrain would be a tad crowded. I saw an otter there this year!
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That’s rather what I like. When I was in Puilladobhrain there were a dozen or so yachts but we didn’t see any otters. We saw one in Gometra harbour, and red deer and a golden eagle. We shared the anchorage with one other yacht. Both of us had anchor ball/light, to stay on topic.
 
seeSimon said:
Oh yes they do...3 hoots, very regularly...in the required circumstances.
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In the required circumstances. Not that often then. You’ll find the Wightlink ferries using sound signals at busy times of day in the summer, but almost never in winter. And not early in the morning as they’d wake the guests in the George Hotel. Basically, larger ships do it if thete’s somebody else who they think needs to know. And as their movements are largely predictable, it’s not that often.
 
awol said:
The intentions are usually very clear and the sound signal is to discourage the miscreant from continuing on their course. "Get out the f*****g way!" is the local interpretation as some numpty meandering into the narrow channel.
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Maybe so. But I'm quoting what the rules for sound signals say.

(d) When vessels in sight of one another are approaching each other and from any cause either vessel fails to understand the intentions or actions of the other, or is in doubt whether sufficient action is being taken by the other to avoid collision, the vessel in doubt shall immediately indicate such doubt by giving at least five short and rapid blasts on the whistle. Such signal may be supplemented by a light signal of at least five short and rapid flashes.
 
capnsensible said:
Maybe so. But I'm quoting what the rules for sound signals say.

(d) When vessels in sight of one another are approaching each other and from any cause either vessel fails to understand the intentions or actions of the other, or is in doubt whether sufficient action is being taken by the other to avoid collision, the vessel in doubt shall immediately indicate such doubt by giving at least five short and rapid blasts on the whistle. Such signal may be supplemented by a light signal of at least five short and rapid flashes.
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When I was in the RN as an OOW we routinely sounded three short blasts when going astern, usually off a berth, not many other reasons to go astern? We also used other manoeuvring signals as appropriate. I can also remember going down a TSS and giving some fishing vessels randomly circling ahead of us five short blasts in the hope they would wake up and see us coming down towards them. That was many years ago.
 
awol said:
The intentions are usually very clear and the sound signal is to discourage the miscreant from continuing on their course. "Get out the f*****g way!" is the local interpretation as some numpty meandering into the narrow channel.
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Here we sometimes have the more unusual sound signals by the SAR boats near port entrances, those ''I am overtaking you on port/stb side'', which indeed mean ''pull out to the side or I'll run you down'' :D
 
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