When and where should I ring my bell?

[prv]

Agreed - as on peppa pigs grapndad's boat!

Really? Impressive accuracy from a kids' cartoon then, especially one where pigs have both eyes on the same side of their snouts, like a turbot

Pete

 

[PhillM]

Thanks for all the advice,

1) Install in such a way that it can live in the cabin but be moved to the cockpit for use when anchored in fog (5 seconds every 2 mins)

2) Removable clapper or find a way to dampen it so that it doesnt ring when its rough.

3) Ringing in port / marina will have the locusts desend expecting a free meal or drinks.

 

[reginaldon]

I have one as a door bell on the house. It's great to tell the kids to give it a good whack & watch their faces. Because it is right by the ringer's ear it actually hurts. You can hardly hear it in the house tho.

I must put a small sign on it to encourage visitors to ring it HARD, that should keep the JW's & Hawkers away. Friends & relatives only do it once.

If mounting it outside, I suspect the brass finish will suffer very quickly, will it be possible to mount it so it can be removed & stored below when not foggy? Mine is a cast iron one.

A one-time colleague of mine, a one time Skipper of an RASC launch used in the invasion of France used his ship's bell as a door bell - he didn't use to record the passing of the hours.
I had been used to that when I was in the Andrew - even on an air station as well, many moons ago.

 

[SAWDOC]

Really? Impressive accuracy from a kids' cartoon then, especially one where pigs have both eyes on the same side of their snouts, like a turbot

Pete

having lived through the last 12 years of kiddies cartoons of the dumb and dumber varieties, Peppa Pig is refreshingly accurate in many ways - including the characterisation of Grandpa pig as an "experienced" skipper. I get a few chuckles out of it.

 

[PhillM]

I shall be installing my bell this weekend. As for a damper, the phrase "put a sock in it" seems to be the advice to follow.

Now, where is my tin of brasso.....

 

[jimbaerselman]

Rule 35 (h), restricted visiblity:

A vessel aground shall give the bell signal and if required the gong signal prescribed in paragraph (g) of this Rule and shall, in addition, give three separate and distinct strokes on the bell immediately before and after the rapid ringing of the bell. A vessel aground may in addition sound an appropriate whistle signal.

So, if fog descends on the upper reaches of tidal rivers, we should expect a peal of bells to rival the Sunday church call from all those bilge keelers and cats over 12m LOA parked on the mud.