Simple Simon wrote:

"fraggy" wrote in message
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hiya
I thought that the blast at 2 min intervals if you are a sailing vessel
you
make 1 long blast followed by 1 short ?

For sailboats it's one prolonged blast followed by one short.
But, if you're motoring as the poster was, then you must sound
the motor boat signal which consists on one prolonged blast.

A sailboat becomes a motorboat when it's using its engine.

What planet are you guys on? It's one prolonged plus *two* short.