NYCkayaker Kayak safety meeting with NY Waterway

[Geoff K.]

Thanks for the response. I was really thinking more along the lines of 
docked ferries, but I wrote my note to be a little more general. Do you 
think whistle blows from a kayak to a docked ferry would be audible? 
Ferries on the move are easier for a paddler to manage in most cases 
(generally just give it a wide berth), but when passing astern of a 
docked ferry, this is when I feel most vulnerable around them. If a 
whistle shot would be helpful to alert captains to a paddler's presence, 
I'm all for doing so. However, if it's simply not practical, that 
important to know, as well.

-- Geoff

Dan Starer wrote:
> Having been in the wheelhouse of a NY Waterway ferry last week, and 
> having cruised around the the lower part of the Hudson, I can verify 
> there is no way a ferry captain could hear a whistle blown by a 
> kayakers.  I doubt if even a small air horn that kayakers might carry 
> would be audible to a ferry moving at full speed.
>
> Dan