A general question naturally arises...if air horns are a good way to signal, why don't kayaks come with built-in horns? And running lights? And turn signals? And a rear-view mirror? And a fridge for my beer? Feeling cheated with my plain, old, and unsafe kayak. Quoting Mark Sanders <sandmarks_at_ca.rr.com>: > 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 - 20:38:30 PDT
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