I'm in an fwd OV and could barely hear the fog horn?

[fstuff1]

We're headed towards Belfast, Ireland on the Dawn.

it's really foggy outside when i looked outside my cabin window at 5am.

i hear FAINT blasts of the fog horn.

 

Why don't i hear it much louder, especially since i'm in the fwd section of the ship?

 

Edited April 30, 2023 by fstuff1

[d9704011]

8 minutes ago, fstuff1 said:

We're headed towards Belfast, Ireland on the Dawn.

it's really foggy outside when i looked outside my cabin window at 5am.

i hear FAINT blasts of the fog horn.

 

Why don't i hear it much louder, especially since i'm in the fwd section of the ship?

 

You should go out on the top deck and see whether you can stand in front of the fog horn; that will more closely mimic the intended audience for the device.

[shof515]

it could be possible the fog horn is towards the aft end of the ship. i have been on ships where the horn is by the smoke stack

[fstuff1]

2 minutes ago, d9704011 said:

You should go out on the top deck and see whether you can stand in front of the fog horn; that will more closely mimic the intended audience for the device.

interesting...

when i beep my horn in my car, i hear it loud (as well as my intended audience).

 

so somehow the ship limits the fog horn sound from coming back to the ship?

 

[fstuff1]

2 minutes ago, shof515 said:

it could be possible the fog horn is towards the aft end of the ship. i have been on ships where the horn is by the smoke stack

so the fog horn is directed towards the back of the ship?

to warn those speed boaters doing 30knots not to run into the ship?

 

[d9704011]

9 minutes ago, fstuff1 said:

when i beep my horn in my car, i hear it loud (as well as my intended audience).

Maybe because you're sitting three feet away from it in a vehicle with barely any insulating value.  

[shof515]

11 minutes ago, fstuff1 said:

so the fog horn is directed towards the back of the ship?

to warn those speed boaters doing 30knots not to run into the ship?

 

no. it is directed forwards the front of the ship. the smoke stack is the highest point on the ship. . depending on the horn you want it as high has possible

[chengkp75]

Many ships have two foghorns, one on the forecast (above the bridge on a cruise ship) and one on the main master (above the funnel). They also have a "bell and gong" signal for when anchored. All of these are "directional" to an extent, so that, for instance, the sound is louder away from the ship than it is below the horn.

[BirdTravels]

3 hours ago, fstuff1 said:

We're headed towards Belfast, Ireland on the Dawn.

We hope you are having a lucky cruise! Enjoy!

[Don23]

On 4/30/2023 at 11:11 AM, fstuff1 said:

We're headed towards Belfast, Ireland on the Dawn.

it's really foggy outside when i looked outside my cabin window at 5am.

i hear FAINT blasts of the fog horn.

 

Why don't i hear it much louder, especially since i'm in the fwd section of the ship?

 

Good to know that I won't be awakened by the foghorn in a couple of weeks time!