ARLA/CLUSTER: O código Morse previne o afundamento de iate

[João Costa > CT1FBF]

Morse Code prevents yacht grounding

*Yachting Monthly* reports the use of Morse Code and an Aldis lamp by a
National Coastwatch Institute (NCI) watchkeeper has been credited with
averting a possible grounding off The Lizard in Cornwall

Bass Point NCI watchkeeper *Simon Sugrue* saw that a yacht was heading
towards the Dales rocks, which are submerged at high tide.

The yacht was not carrying an Automatic Identification System (AIS) beacon,
and Sugrue was unable to raise the yacht’s crew on VHF to warn them of the
hazard they were approaching.

Instead, the NCI watchkeeper flashed the letter U – the Morse code warning
for “you are standing into danger� – using the station’s old but highly
effective Aldis lamp.

Having come within ten boat lengths of the rocks, the yacht was then
observed to alter course southwards shortly afterwards and continue safely
on its passage to Falmouth.

Read the full story at
http://www.yachtingmonthly.com/news/morse-code-and-an-aldis-lamp-prevent-yacht-grounding-off-cornwall-63603
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