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Is a bell required?
wrote in message ... wrote in message ups.com... Your bell must be EXACTLY the right pitch too. If it is just a little off, you get massive fines. HOWEVER, if you send the bell and $500, we will test the bell and tell you if it is ok. Hey, I've got a better deal! Since the bell isn't required just send me $500 and I'll tell you it is ok. That saves you postage! -- Tom. It is a very good question. Especially, with today's navigational equipment available to the pleasure boaters in Canada, for pleasure craft greater than 39 feet and not greater than 65 feet in length. A sound signalling device is require. As for the specifications of this device see the Canadian collision regulation: http://www.tc.gc.ca/acts-regulations...ml#ANNEX%20III --Denis Just to share this information, you may already know about it. I just purchased an extra signal horn similar to the one already on board and inspected by the Canadian Guard Guard in Aug. 2007 Its made in the US see http://www.falconsignalhorns.com/def...spx?pageid=304. It states that it meets the US Coast Guard and can be heard up to 1 mile away. So I one can heard a bell from 1 mile away it could pass the safety inspection?? A bell does not have to be refilled witn compressed gas safe for ozone and if maintain in good shape will operate at all time. In the Bay of Fundy pleasure crafts and commercial fishermen do not rely on a bells for navigation in the fog. Current navigational aids and fog horn are used I would get some compress gas signal horns and keep the bell as a back up. |
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