Friday 11 September 2020

Videos of the Week

We are introducing Theodore the Tugboat to NLCC ADVENTURE this year! Theodore is a tugboat in the Great Big Harbour (Halifax, Canada) and has many adventures. They are nautical stories that are applicable to our cadets! For Friday Sep 11, we ask that you watch the first video below. We will be discussing it together!
We will also be discussing the 24hr Clock and the Phonetic Alphabet! We have attached some videos for your reference!

24 Hour Clock

Phonetic Alphabet!

NAUTICAL FLAGS

Nautical flags are an international code system used for two ships to signal to each other or for a ship to signal to shore. They are also called signaling nautical flags. Using a group of different colored flags, shaped flags and markings each one has a different meaning. The flags can be used alone or in combination with another flag.
Nautical flags are made up of 26 square flags (which represent the letters of the alphabet) along with 10 numbered pendants; one answering pendant and three substitutes or repeaters. At sea, only a few flag colors are easily recognized, these are: red, blue, yellow, black, and white and they cannot be mixed indiscriminately. For easy recognition nautical flags are either red and white, yellow and blue, blue and white, black and white along with plain red, white and blue.
Nautical flags and the knowledge of their meanings are valuable at sea in case of danger or breakdowns in other communications systems such as radio. One-flag signals are urgent or common signals.

• Two-flag signals are used mostly for distress and maneuvering.
• Three-flag signals are for points of the compass, relative bearings, standard times, verbs, punctuation and also general code and decode signals.
• Four-flags are used for geographical signals, names of ships, bearings, etc.
• Five-flag signals are used to relate time and position.
• Six-flag signals are used to indicate north or south or east or west in latitude and longitude signals.
• Seven-flags are for longitude signals containing more than one hundred degrees.

There are also flags used in nautical racing which signal to the competitors what they are supposed to do.
International meanings for nautical flags:

• A: Alpha – diver down; keep clear
• B: Bravo – carrying dangerous cargo
• C: Charlie – yes
• D: Delta – keep clear
• E: Echo – altering course to starboard
• F: Foxtrot – I am disabled
• G: Golf – I want a pilot
• H: Hotel – a pilot on board
• I: India – I am altering course to port
• J: Juliet – vessel on fire keep clear
• K: Kilo – I want to communicate with you
• L: Lima – stop your vessel instantly
• M: Mike -my vessel is stopped
• N: November – no
• O: Oscar – Man overboard
• P: Papa – vessel is about to sail
• Q: Quebec – I request free pratique
• R: Romeo – reverse course
• S: Sierra – engines are going astern
• T: Tango – keep clear
• U: Uniform – you are heading into danger
• V: Victor – require assistance
• W: Whiskey – require medical assistance
• X: X-ray – stop your intention
• Y: Yankee – am dragging anchor
• Z: Zulu – I require a tug

The Secret Code!
​Morse Code!

Morse Code, Phonetic Alphabet and Signal Flags go hand in hand and is another code for you to communicate with your nautical friends and no one else can understand! Learn it here!!!