JumbleDuck
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Much the same as spotting Flag A.
Which judging by the usage I see means "I have a diver below, or I have had a diver below in the past, or I may have a diver below at some unspecified point in the future".
Much the same as spotting Flag A.
Really? Those ruddy great container ships don't just call them up on the wireless?
Hmmm.. .ABP Southampton's website suggests otherwise:-
Really? Those ruddy great container ships don't just call them up on the wireless?
Hmmm.. .ABP Southampton's website suggests otherwise:-
It is information and what you do with it is up to you. I would use it to determine if a vessel requiring a pilot was being approached by a launch that had a pilot aboard and would therefore be transferring people at sea, underway, that may determine my actions. Much the same as spotting Flag A.
Of course they call them up on 'radio', VHF 64 from memory, whilst about 20/30 miles off the Nab.
Pilot boat then goes out from Southampton. Think "wireless" was used by the Titanic though.
Have a pilot on board,...
My favourite, though I have yet to use it in anger, I learned from my old Yachtsman's Weekend Book. It is "OL", which means "heave-to or I will open fire".
You don't need to know the corresponding letter but you should know 'diver down' for instance. Likewise you should know what dah dit dit in Morse means but its not necessary to know its 'D' for exam purposes.Do RYA YMs get to have a special flag or burgee?
My Dan Buoy has an Oscar on it. Never used but its on the back of the boat. If I practice I tie it up JIK. does having it ready count as use?
I suppose in theory I should use Q when I cross the border. I never do. No complaint's yet.
Is Q required now with the EU rules? Do they care?
Is recognising what I see on an other vessel use. At least use of knowledge. is it Useful?
I would say the YM isn't all its cracked up to be if a YM is not expected to know the meaning of A. I am sure most other divers would think the same.
Or again someone claiming to be a YM not recognising what the O on my dan bouy means.?
NC already mentioned.
Other common ones B, Q, G, H, do they matter? maybe not. useful knowledge? doesn't hurt.
I would have thought a YM would be expected to know maneuvering signals E, I, S, even if they don't recognise the flag.
And Sound signals T, M, D.
I suppose you could argue I am out of date.
You don't need to know the corresponding letter but you should know 'diver down' for instance. Likewise you should know what dah dit dit in Morse means but its not necessary to know its 'D' for exam purposes.
You don't need to know the corresponding letter but you should know 'diver down' for instance.
I'm going to display that permanently. I may also install a small canon on my foredeck.My favourite, though I have yet to use it in anger, I learned from my old Yachtsman's Weekend Book. It is "OL", which means "heave-to or I will open fire".
I'm going to display that permanently. I may also install a small canon on my foredeck.
My favourite, though I have yet to use it in anger,"Zulu" which means "I need a tug"
Thirty years ago ( how scary is THAT?) i was a morse instructor. Pongo so only 12-15wpm unlike you proper sailors with awesome speeds. Just realised that i have forgotten almost all…early onset p'raps?
One day whilst reading some wartime releases about Bletchley park where he was stationed during the war as a morse operator, he read that there were only 9 operators who could read 2 morse messages at a time. One over the other.
He was assigned a group of spies & could tell if any were compromised by the way the morse came in. If he reported it he would then be given instructions on how to reply so that false info could be sent back as if we had not guessed that the spy had been caught.
He would also listen to certain German transmissions & could tell if it was the same German transmitting by the way the morse came in