Do you really think that a pleasure/fishing boat barreling at 20-25+ knots (maybe using radar) in the fog is really going to hear a horn? In time to react?
I replaced my mast light from a 1mi to a 3mi halogen which I do turn on in the fog as I think they have a better chance of seeing the light versus hearing a horn.
No I don't use horn.
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i use my horn in dense fog. i usually find a nice protected area and wait it out. i hate running in the fog, way too many people moving way too fast for my liking. my next rig will definatly have radar. a couple of years ago i got socked in over at the gut. i snuck over by pemberton and acored up in 5' of water. i could hear a guy coming (used the horn) and watched him put it on the beach at 15 knts 25' away from me. what a dangerous dope
Do you really think that a pleasure/fishing boat barreling at 20-25+ knots (maybe using radar) in the fog is really going to hear a horn? In time to react?
Like some of you have said. No I really don't use the horn unless I hear someone off in the distance and want to get thier attention. Idiots running at cruising speed in the fog aren't gonna hear your horn anyway.
The fogmate is a good product. I know a guy who works for the place that designed them locally hear in mass.
Ships always use the whistle in the fog. Sometimes they don't bother when thousands of miles offshore and not in a busy traffic lane and nothing on radar. when in a channel maneavering they mostly don't bother with whistle for they have talked to the other ship on the VHF already.
It really all depends where you are. If your going thru Woods Hole in the fog, you bet. If there really is no traffic around, no...
Best to just anchor up near a fishing hole tight to shore and chunk for a while till it lifts even with radar, sonar and electric toothbrushes........
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