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12-31-2016, 08:00 PM
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Guru
City: Punta Gorda, fl
Vessel Name: Escapade
Vessel Model: Nordic Tug 37 2002
Join Date: Jan 2015
Posts: 1,231
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Looking For A Dual Trumpet Air Horn - Suggestion?
I currently have an electric dual trumpet horns. Sometimes they both work and sometimes just one. But the other issue is that I really want the "Yacht" sound of loud air horns. Nothing less than 121db. (Keeping in mind that for every 7db the sound doubles). So a horn rated at 115db is half as loud as one rated at 122db.
Anyway, anybody got a loud dual trumpet air horn that they are happy with and does not cost a boat buck?
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12-31-2016, 08:10 PM
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Guru
City: Campbell River
Vessel Name: Okisollo
Join Date: Apr 2012
Posts: 783
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Check with the dealers that sell large trucks.
I put on a set of triples
Ted
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12-31-2016, 08:41 PM
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Guru
City: Sydney
Join Date: Jul 2015
Posts: 1,646
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12-31-2016, 09:23 PM
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Guru
City: Fort Myers, FL... Summers in the Great Lakes
Vessel Name: Slow Hand
Vessel Model: Cherubini Independence 45
Join Date: Dec 2010
Posts: 12,834
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I have a Kahlenberg single horn that I'm very happy with. Here is a link to one of their doubles:
Kahlenberg Zero Series Dual Marine Air Horns - Chrome
Ted
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Blog: mvslowhand.com
I'm tired of fast moves, I've got a slow groove, on my mind.....
I want to spend some time, Not come and go in a heated rush.....
"Slow Hand" by The Pointer Sisters
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12-31-2016, 09:36 PM
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Senior Member
City: Bellingham, WA
Vessel Name: Excellent Adventure
Vessel Model: 1995 Jefferson Ker Shine 45
Join Date: Apr 2015
Posts: 395
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If I could figure out where to put it I would get a horn from an aircraft carrier. I WANT to sound bigger than I am.
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12-31-2016, 10:24 PM
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Guru
City: Fort Myers, FL... Summers in the Great Lakes
Vessel Name: Slow Hand
Vessel Model: Cherubini Independence 45
Join Date: Dec 2010
Posts: 12,834
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Quote:
Originally Posted by wwestman
If I could figure out where to put it I would get a horn from an aircraft carrier. I WANT to sound bigger than I am.
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I have the fog horn from a 600' freighter that I recovered from the shipwreck. It's brsss; weighs 400 pounds and is 4' long. The bigger issue to mounting and using it on my trawler is the 1.5" steam line required to blow it. Manufacturer claims it can be heard at 20 miles away.
Ted
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Blog: mvslowhand.com
I'm tired of fast moves, I've got a slow groove, on my mind.....
I want to spend some time, Not come and go in a heated rush.....
"Slow Hand" by The Pointer Sisters
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12-31-2016, 10:31 PM
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Guru
City: Quebec
Vessel Name: Bleuvet
Vessel Model: Custom Built
Join Date: Jan 2016
Posts: 4,375
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I am working in railway industry and I wish I was able to put loco horns on my boat. There are not long, just like 10 different size trumpets working all together. But they bring the s... out of you when you hear that coming in your back. Issue is the same as above mentionned, first it takes a lot of space and you need a lot of air to make that sound!
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12-31-2016, 10:32 PM
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Guru
City: Sydney
Join Date: Jul 2015
Posts: 1,646
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Quote:
Originally Posted by O C Diver
I have the fog horn from a 600' freighter that I recovered from the shipwreck. It's brsss; weighs 400 pounds and is 4' long. The bigger issue to mounting and using it on my trawler is the 1.5" steam line required to blow it. Manufacturer claims it can be heard at 20 miles away.
Ted
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I think you just described my wife .
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12-31-2016, 10:36 PM
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Guru
City: Kitimat, North Coast BC
Vessel Name: Badger
Vessel Model: 30' Sundowner Tug
Join Date: Jul 2012
Posts: 5,946
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Backing away slowly, avoiding eye contact...RUN!!!!!!!!!!!
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"The most interesting path between two points is not a straight line" MurrayM
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12-31-2016, 10:36 PM
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Guru
City: Quebec
Vessel Name: Bleuvet
Vessel Model: Custom Built
Join Date: Jan 2016
Posts: 4,375
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Quote:
Originally Posted by gaston
I think you just described my wife .
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Hope for you that she is not reading the comment or that she has a good sense of humour!
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12-31-2016, 10:39 PM
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Senior Member
City: Bellingham, WA
Vessel Name: Excellent Adventure
Vessel Model: 1995 Jefferson Ker Shine 45
Join Date: Apr 2015
Posts: 395
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The first rule is: If you are already in a hole, quit digging.
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12-31-2016, 11:06 PM
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Guru
City: Fort Myers, FL... Summers in the Great Lakes
Vessel Name: Slow Hand
Vessel Model: Cherubini Independence 45
Join Date: Dec 2010
Posts: 12,834
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Quote:
Originally Posted by gaston
I think you just described my wife .
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4' tall, 400 pounds, and can be heard 20 miles away. Yup, you're a dead man.
Ted
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Blog: mvslowhand.com
I'm tired of fast moves, I've got a slow groove, on my mind.....
I want to spend some time, Not come and go in a heated rush.....
"Slow Hand" by The Pointer Sisters
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01-01-2017, 12:30 AM
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Guru
City: Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Vessel Name: Xanadu
Vessel Model: Mainship 37 Motor Yacht
Join Date: Oct 2013
Posts: 2,472
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On our previous boat I thought I wanted to sound like the Queen Mary too, so I went off the deep end. Installed a compressor under the upper helm cowling, ran lines, even installed a volume tank as a reserve, and then mounted two of the loudest 18-wheeler horns I could find. It scared the dog and hurt its ears, made my wife angry, and when I blew it at the dock for testing, I had to warn all my dock neighbors first. It seemed like a kick-butt, fun idea at the time, but I should have spent my time and money on something else. I don't think I ever did blow that horn a single time for actual safety or fog reasons.
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01-01-2017, 01:10 AM
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Guru
City: Gig Harbor
Vessel Name: Kinship
Vessel Model: North Pacific 43
Join Date: May 2015
Posts: 9,046
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Quote:
Originally Posted by gaston
I think you just described my wife .
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I chuckled out loud when I read that. The problem is my wife then asked what was so funny. I... uh... made something up. She wouldn't have appreciated it as much as I.
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01-01-2017, 01:12 AM
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Guru
City: Tacoma, WA & Ashland, OR
Vessel Name: boatless, ex: Seeadler
Vessel Model: RAWSON 41
Join Date: Jun 2016
Posts: 2,234
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Quote:
Originally Posted by O C Diver
It's brsss; weighs 400 pounds and is 4' long...the 1.5" steam line required to blow it.
Ted
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One of the deep memories from my Navy-housing-childhood is the sound of a destroyer backing out of the des-base in National City. Three "whoops" on the steam siren followed by a long BLAAAT on the horn. There is nothing quite like it.
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01-01-2017, 02:46 AM
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Veteran Member
Join Date: Nov 2014
Posts: 32
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I want the general quarters alarm sounding. Any ideas?
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01-01-2017, 03:28 AM
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Member
City: Salem, SC
Join Date: Aug 2015
Posts: 15
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Quote:
Originally Posted by gaston
I think you just described my wife .
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Sounds like that could be your now "ex wife!!"
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01-01-2017, 04:14 AM
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Guru
City: Queensland
Vessel Model: Milkraft 60 converted timber prawn trawler
Join Date: Jul 2016
Posts: 5,482
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Quote:
Originally Posted by kthoennes
On our previous boat I thought I wanted to sound like the Queen Mary too, so I went off the deep end. Installed a compressor under the upper helm cowling, ran lines, even installed a volume tank as a reserve, and then mounted two of the loudest 18-wheeler horns I could find. It scared the dog and hurt its ears, made my wife angry, and when I blew it at the dock for testing, I had to warn all my dock neighbors first. It seemed like a kick-butt, fun idea at the time, but I should have spent my time and money on something else. I don't think I ever did blow that horn a single time for actual safety or fog reasons.
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Exactly
Only time I have ever used one in 40 years on the water is 3 quick toots reversing from a fuel dock or marina.
$25 eBay special fills those needs.
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01-01-2017, 06:37 AM
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Guru
City: Satsuma FL
Vessel Name: No Mo Trawla
Vessel Model: Hurricane SS188
Join Date: Jul 2014
Posts: 2,300
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And I thought kids driving around with those loud boomboxes were obnoxious....
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