Seems to me your being rather stoggy in sticking with the 'rules' here. If I'm stuck upside down in my kayak and manage to blow only three toots with my handy air horn are other boats going to look at me and say: "I'd better be careful, he's backing up"?!?!? Whatever sound you make, whether it's appropriate to the maneuver you're planning to make or not, seems like it's going to serve the purpose of making the other craft look at you to see what you're planning to do. If you're only purpose was to get them to notice you, it seems like it's going to work. After they've pulled you up from your upturned kayak, if they want to yell at you for only using 3 toots instead of the required 5, I'd take my rebuke in silence. -----Original Message----- Behalf Of Craig Jungers Three short blasts means "I am operating in reverse". If you gave that signal and the other person understands sound signals then they will be mightily confused. They would likely conclude that you are stopping to let them continue on. If that is NOT what you want, then those three balsts on your horn (or whistle) were not only not legal but highly counterproductive *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Aug 02 2007 - 19:56:32 PDT
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