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Most important is it works if you get boarded by law enforcement. I carry a air can on the Bertram because both horns have rusted to crap and a whistle on the RIB and V 20. I know a good friends wife got a ticket for not having a whistle on a 13' Whaler inside the harbor here. Within sight of land on every side but still got fined.
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Regards Barry 1987 V20 (sold) :( 1996 23' Wellcraft 1991 V20 ;) Last edited by inaforty; 06-05-2016 at 04:42 PM. |
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I once got a ticket from the CG on lake eerie for a horn....
It worked fine 5 min before they boarded me... The jokers ripped out the wire grabbing my boat... (Open aluminum) I pointed it out and they still ticketed me. |
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I try to keep a few extra whistle around. I hang one on the helm of every boat just in case we get boarded. http://www.boatstore.com/seachoice-4...e-plastic.html
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Regards Barry 1987 V20 (sold) :( 1996 23' Wellcraft 1991 V20 ;) |
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as far as horns go, I buy 4 or 5 of those whistles every year, hook one to each life jacket, hook one to my keys, put one on my tackle bag, two or three in my boat bag. I doubt they will help signaling anotehr boat, but you never know. And bisides, Ive saved some frinds from tickets by having a spare in my tackle bag when we got checked. The only horns Ive seen that last are the can horns and PIAA air horns |
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I buy the cans!! I hate the eletric they never last!! I have a whistle but just for show, when I came near sinking in ruff weather I blew the dam thing it was a Joke!!
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1986 V20 ![]() Old Fishermen never die, we just SMELL that way!! |
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does anybody ever use those things anyway? my old bayliner, years ago, had a sticker on the dash with all the horn signals. i tried signaling a few times, ya know cause i had a horn and a sticker, and people would shoot me the bird and yell obscenities at me. bout as useless as a flare gun. all you can do is set there and drink beer and blow the horn at and shoot flares at all the boats that go by and wont stop to help
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Sports whistle with the ball bearing inside, very very loud.
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