Whistles Required?

[AKBASSKING]

Look at this article.

http://www.alaskadispatch.com/article/boaters-who-forget-their-whistles-risk-60-fine

Would appear to be a discrepancy. I was not asked if I had a whistle, just a sound making device...Horns

Look at:
http://www.uscgboating.org/fedreqs/default.html

Look at page 25/26 and the note on page 26.

Then look at:

http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/tex...8&view=text&node=33:1.0.1.5.38.4.26.2&idno=33

Title 33, Part 83, section 83.33(b):

b) Vessels of less than 12 meters in length. A vessel of less than 12 meters in length shall not be obliged to carry the sound signaling appliances prescribed in paragraph (a) of this Rule but if she does not, she shall be provided with some other means of making an efficient sound signal.

 

[Gofirstclass]

I haven't been asked for them but I have a couple of my old cop whistles on board. They're not required but I figure if I can show a water cop that I'm trying to be overly safe he might overlook some other minor infraction.

 

[Sea Gull]

You are getting bogged down in semantics. Your horn is a whistle - think train whistle. It's a throwback to steam power.

 

[sdarc]

I've got the boat horn (pathetic), a freon horn ( let's play football), and a whistle ( think Titanic movie). I am over cautious on the boat. Have many systems and back ups If I think of them. The Admiral is always saying " How come they don't do that?" or "Do others do that?" I'm coming back to port under my own power. Others can't say that at my marina.

 

[MonacoMike]

I haven't been asked for them but I have a couple of my old cop whistles on board. They're not required but I figure if I can show a water cop that I'm trying to be overly safe he might overlook some other minor infraction.

I've got the boat horn (pathetic), a freon horn ( let's play football), and a whistle ( think Titanic movie). I am over cautious on the boat. Have many systems and back ups If I think of them. The Admiral is always saying " How come they don't do that?" or "Do others do that?" I'm coming back to port under my own power. Others can't say that at my marina.

Well put!


MM

 

[AKBASSKING]

I think I will buy a few whistles and attach them to mine and the Admirals PFDs....

 

[Gunn]

I think I will buy a few whistles and attach them to mine and the Admirals PFDs....

Good idea. We have automatically activating strobe light and a whistle on each of our life jackets for the immediate family that are always on the boat. I also have one of those small air whistles on the boat. And of course my horn, which when the USCG boarded last year, made fun of when I sounded it for them to pass my safety check.

 

[wvsundancer]

OK let me muddy the water... DNR states that we must have a bell on the boat.. Coast Guard does not.. Coast Guard and DNR state that we must have additional sound making devices that all members on board have acess to. So... we have the following..Air Horn (think football), Whistle (2), Bell.. Plus of course the ever popular Sea Ray Horn ( buzzer)

 

[Hellman Huddle]

I was stopped and asked if I had a whistle. I proceded to pucker my lips and blow. He said sounds good and he moved on.

 

[AKBASSKING]

So is a whistle required or not? It would seem there is a conflict in the documentation....

 

[mistercomputerman]

Any reason you don't just buy a whistle and make all the cops happy?

http://www.westmarine.com/buy/products/1946-marine-whistle.html

 

[Hellman Huddle]

Any reason you don't just buy a whistle and make all the cops happy?

http://www.westmarine.com/buy/products/1946-marine-whistle.html

:thumbsup:

 

[MonacoMike]

Any reason you don't just buy a whistle and make all the cops happy?

http://www.westmarine.com/buy/products/1946-marine-whistle.html

That is what I have on our lifejackets and in my flare kit I have this:

Storm Safety Whistle

http://www.westmarine.com/webapp/wc...toreNum=50469&subdeptNum=50494&classNum=50497

 

[dwna1a]

I'd rather over do it than under do it. I love the PFd idea of one per vest, plus the strobe light.

 

[mistercomputerman]

That is what I have on our lifejackets and in my flare kit I have this:

Storm Safety Whistle

http://www.westmarine.com/webapp/wc...toreNum=50469&subdeptNum=50494&classNum=50497

That's the first time I have seen the Storm Whistle. I'll have to see if they carry them at the local West Marine.

 

[MonacoMike]

That's the first time I have seen the Storm Whistle. I'll have to see if they carry them at the local West Marine.

If it was on the rack in Indiana I'll bet you can find it easy.

MM

 

[AKBASSKING]

Any reason you don't just buy a whistle and make all the cops happy?

http://www.westmarine.com/buy/products/1946-marine-whistle.html

Not at all. In fact I am buying two tomorrow for our PFDs.

But you missed the point. Is a whisle required as water cops are giving out $80 tickets. Are they required or not?

Look at links post 1

 

[Woody]

Not at all. In fact I am buying two tomorrow for our PFDs.

But you missed the point. Is a whisle required as water cops are giving out $80 tickets. Are they required or not?

Look at links post 1

Subpart D—Sound and Light Signals

§ 83.32 Definitions (Rule 32).

(a) Whistle means any sound signaling appliance capable of producing the prescribed blasts and which complies with specifications in Annex III to these Rules.

(b) Short blast means a blast of about 1 second's duration.

(c) Prolonged blast means a blast of from 4 to 6 second's duration.

'Whistle' stuff, see Annex III http://cfr.regstoday.com/33cfr86.aspx

 

[AKBASSKING]

Subpart D—Sound and Light Signals

§ 83.32 Definitions (Rule 32).

(a) Whistle means any sound signaling appliance capable of producing the prescribed blasts and which complies with specifications in Annex III to these Rules.

(b) Short blast means a blast of about 1 second's duration.

(c) Prolonged blast means a blast of from 4 to 6 second's duration.

'Whistle' stuff, see Annex III http://cfr.regstoday.com/33cfr86.aspx

Thanks Woody! That says it all.....Good conversation

 

[Woody]

I do use those little whistles when we're hiking in the woods. Each grandkid has one in case they get separated from the rest of us. There's not much danger here in the woods but I figure it would make it easier to find them.:lol: I never thought about keeping them handy on the water but it can't hurt so I think I'll put one on their life vests like some of the rest of you.