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Snide241

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A sailboat is underway in the fog. what sound signal should you hear

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Answer 1 / 3 - Submitted 170 days ago...

the_mekanic

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Usually a horn, and you need to time it's interval with a stopwatch, account for the speed of sound, and use a standard formula to estimate your distance from shore.

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ken1

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A sailboat sounds 1 long blast followed by 2 short blasts every 2 minutes when underway in poor visibility

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downinflames

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If all else fails the sound "HELP!" usually works :-)

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