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Just don't panic when the cruise ship you're on signals that it is operating in reverse by sounding the horn three times.
by jfries 8y ago
Just don't panic when the cruise ship you're on signals that it is operating in reverse by sounding the horn three times.
- lb1lf 8y agoThere is cause for concern when hearing seven short and one long blast, though. (General alarm; something has happened. Better head for the muster station to find out what...)
- nasredin 8y agoFrom the recent El Faro sinking post here on HN: There's a General Alarm signal (above), but no Abandon Ship signal. The captain gives those manually. (I may be blatantly wrong!)
- lb1lf 8y agoTo the best of my knowledge (not a sailor, but my work has netted me several hundred days on vessels offshore), 'Abandon Ship' is always an explicit, verbal order from the captain (or whoever follows him in authority if he is incapacitated) The General Alarm typically calls for the crew to proceed (at haste!) to the muster station to be informed of the nature of the emergency and be put to work handling the situation. Luckily, I've only ever had to abandon ship during a couple of drills.