Re: [Paddlewise] It's not just how you look

From: John Fereira


>That's why I also have a large, very loud whistle attached
>to my vest.  I don't recall the brand name but it's a bright
>orange whistle that supposedly can even be used underwater.
        Why on earth would you want to do *that*?

>It' s*loud*.  A few weeks ago I was meeting a group of
>paddlers near a marina for a mass paddle and the woman
>that was organizing was trying to get the attention of
>everyone for a group picture.  I was floating near her when she
>said, "oh, I have a whistle" and pull out this little think, blew
>it, and it went "pweeeet".  I said, "that's not a whistle", pulled
>my up and blew it long and loud.  My ears were ringing and it
>echoed a couple of times.  "That's a whistle", I said.
>
    A friend found something in a marine store that he uses as a signaling
device.  It's a short pipe with a cap on one end for a plastic diaphragm.
You blow into the side of the thing.  What comes out sounds as though the
Staten Island Ferry is about to run you over.  So not only is this thing
loud, but it's different enough from a whistle to make someone look around
to see what the heck is about to hit him.

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