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ardoin · 24-01-2017, 12:20

I carry a whistle on the dink at all times. I don't think my whistle would have done anything. An air horn may have helped.

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Originally Posted by 1affiah

How about carrying a horn, one of the loud, handheld gas operated jobs, one for the mothership and one for the dinghy. When the offending vessel is near, one quick blast will get his attention and that of everyone else as well. If you are still alive after being hit, you can now sound the emergency. Forget the rules for whistles, you are just trying to make noise.
Plus, he just might feel more compelled to return to the scene & make amends!

1affiah · 24-01-2017, 12:36

Enjoy St.Martin/Maarten. PS, if you rent a jeep to go touring, do not leave anything of value inside. They hide in the bushes at the popular spots, taking your stuff seconds after you are out of sight, they even got our beer!

SecondBase · 24-01-2017, 14:14

Definitely smart phones do not transmit on VHF. True, if you lose your internet connection it will not have current data.

A class B remains on my wishlist. And meanwhile the app is a big gain. The vendor lists these features below. If it was just vendor talk I'd take it lightly but coupled with hundreds of hours of using the app--many of those hours in the fastest moving harbor on the US east coast, I'm holding steady as a big fan.

I haven't run into the "way out of date data scenario".

If you don't have a class B definitely spend the $10 involved on put this on your phone.

Features:

Real time map view of your boat and boats near you via AIS.

Over the horizon collision avoidance and alarm using Closest Point of Approach (CPA)

CPA calculations and AIS position updates continously in background

Lets others see you on Boat Beacon and internet AIS systems like MarineTraffic.

Compass mode to sight ships on the map

Current Speed, Course and GPS location
Share your location and track with friends and family

Man Overboard tracking (iOS only at present)

Anchor Watch and Theft Alarms (iOS only at present)

Ship to Ship instant messaging – chat with other Boat Beacon boats. (iOS only at present)

Magnetic or True North setting. (iOS only at present)

MMSI numbers to contact nearby boats on via VHF.

SART support – alarms and reports SART’s within 30NM.

Infra-red night vision and through fog with the amazing FLIR ONE.

Support for local AIS data feeds via WiFi or USB, e.g. easyAIS, Digital Yacht, Lowrance, Simrad and B&G GoFree[emoji769]
Apple Watch support.

**JPA Cate** · 24-01-2017, 14:59

Ardoin,

Thank you for the warning. Fwiw, a similar incident happened early last year and was written up on CF. The difference being that the motor yacht sank a sailboat, with loss of life. I am glad you survived--that must have been quite harrowing.

Again, thanks for warning us all. We are often next to invisible in our dinghies, and need to be alert, and quick to respond.

Ann

peter57 · 25-01-2017, 06:19

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Originally Posted by adoxograph

You guys have guns in your dinghies?

Give em a break! "they are American" The right to bear arms and all that stuff.

Group9 · 30-01-2017, 13:51

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Originally Posted by peter57

Give em a break! "they are American" The right to bear arms and all that stuff.

Luckily for Europe.

rwidman · 30-01-2017, 15:16

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Originally Posted by 1affiah

How about carrying a horn, one of the loud, handheld gas operated jobs, one for the mothership and one for the dinghy. When the offending vessel is near, one quick blast will get his attention and that of everyone else as well. ...............

The proper signal would be five short blasts.

I wouldn't count on the captain hearing the danger signal and changing speed or course, I would spend whatever time I had taking evasive action.

I was reading last night in PassageMaker Magazine about a collision where a ferry boat hit a pleasure boat. Mostly, the ferry boat was in the wrong except that the pleasure boat's captain had it running on auto pilot while he made a trip to the head.

I suspect running a boat on auto pilot and not keeping watch happens more often than we would like to think.

**StuM** · 30-01-2017, 15:35

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Originally Posted by rwidman

I was reading last night in PassageMaker Magazine about a collision where a ferry boat hit a pleasure boat. Mostly, the ferry boat was in the wrong except that the pleasure boat's captain had it running on auto pilot while he made a trip to the head.
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You mean you missed the 200 odd post thread here?
http://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/...de-176756.html

Lots of discussion about who was "in the wrong" and why.

Kita · 30-01-2017, 16:29

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Originally Posted by peter57

Give em a break! "they are American" The right to bear arms and all that stuff.

Yes there are guns in dinghys here, In tents, in cars, everywhere. There was a chick got popped for something & when they did a cavity search yep guess what they found the little 22 in her privates inside hidden nicely. It's really kind of funny I noticed that when I go to Walmart I have to make sure my doors are locked and that I didn't leave anything expensive in the bed of my truck or somebody will steal it and there are cameras in Walmart but when you go to the gun show I can leave my motorcycle out there with the helmet on it and my bag of goodies hanging on the handlebars and nobody will touch it. an armed Society is definitely a polite Society

**a64pilot** · 30-01-2017, 17:24

Please no more gun conversations?
Can we discuss something less controversial.

Kita · 30-01-2017, 17:27

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Originally Posted by a64pilot

Please no more gun conversations?
Can we discuss something less controversial.

Sorry, just another tool in the tool box..

Delancey · 30-01-2017, 17:29

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Originally Posted by a64pilot

Please no more gun conversations?
Can we discuss something less controversial.

Are you joking?

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Originally Posted by a64pilot

What no Ma Dueces mounted in the bow of your dinghies?

Says the man who jokes about .50 cal machine guns on a dinghy earlier in the thread? Okay for some but not for others? Tell us where to draw the line and make sure you are on the same side.