YOU WILL LIKE THIS..TOW LINGO

YOU WILL LOVE THIS...THE LANGUAGE OF BOATING AND OF RIVER BOATING IN PARTICULAR IS SOMETIMES MORE CONFUSING THAN IF YOU WOULD JUST SPIT IT OUT IN PLAIN OLD SIMPLE ENGLISH......IF YOU ARE MEETING A TOW COMING AT YOU ...YOU CALL HIM ON THE RADIO AND ASK HIM WHERE HE WANTS YOU TO PASS HIM...HE WILL SAY ON THE ONE WHISTLE... OR...HE WILL SAY ON THE TWO WHISTLE...THE ONE WHISTLE IS PORT TO PORT... THE TWO WHISTLE IS STARBOARD TO STARBOARD.....BELIEVE ME THERE ARE OCASSIONS FOR BOTH ..BUT COULD WE NOT MAKE IT A LITTLE HARDER....O.K......YOU GOT THAT NOW GET READY FOR THE OVERTAKING A TOW FROM BEHIND...CAPT WHERE DO YOU WANT ME TO PASS YOU ...ON THE ONE WHISTLE OR THE TWO WHISTLE.....ONE BEING ON THE INSIDE AND TWO BEING ON THE OUTSIDE....CONFUSED...NOT ME...I HAVE IT WRITTEN ON MY HELM....ALONG WITH A KNOTS TO MPH COVERSION....AND AN EXPLANATION OF ...RED RIGHT RETURNING....WHICH MEANS IF YOU ARE GOING TOWARDS WHERE THE WATER CAME FROM OR ORIGINATED FROM...YOU ARE RETURNING...HENCE ...RE RIGHT RETURNING....OR ON THE OTHER HAND YOU ARE GOING AWAY FROM THE ORIGIN OR YOU ARE GOING WITH THE CURRENT...THE RED WOULD BE ON YOUR ...LEFT...NOW IS THAT NOT SPECIAL....SO MUCH FOR THE EASY STUFF THANX FOR READING...TOM