rgano
Guru
- Joined
- Oct 8, 2007
- Messages
- 5,144
- Location
- Panama City area
- Vessel Name
- FROLIC
- Vessel Make
- Mainship 30 Pilot II since 2015. GB-42 1986-2015. Former Unlimited Tonnage Master
Have you ever had the need to blow your loud horn for 24 hours straight every 2 minutes due to running in fog? That is where a hailer with auto signals comes in handy. I didn’t have a programmed horn at the time.
My air horn is run by the FogMate. Since going to sea the first time in 1965, I have been in some fog. Try it when the steam fog horn is activated by a big lever over the helmsman's head and takes about 20 pounds to pull down. I never was in a 24-hour fog in all those years because at some point we progressed out of even if for just a few hours.
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