Any piping or whistling sailors out there?

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I was wondering if there any people with sailboats on this board. I myself have an O’Day 22 and sail frequently. I was thinking of bringing onboard a whistle or two and playing. It seems the sound would be really nice out on the water if the conditions were just right. Someday I may even take my pipes out on the boat and play. But then maybe I’d need a bigger boat! :smiley:

Ailin

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I don’t sail yet, but I hope to learn in the not-too-distant future. Gotta finish the house remodel first…

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Whistles are an excellent accompaniment to sailing! They don’t get ruined like wooden instruments…

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Abast me hearty, ye may not want to whistle on board because;

“Over the centuries, sailors have given peculiar names to winds and regions. The equatorial area is known as the “doldrums” because of the lack of wind. In the days of sail, ships could get stuck here for weeks waiting for a breeze to come up. That could be quite depressing – hence the name “doldrums”. It was not uncommon for a ship to launch her boats, with sailors pulling at the oars in an attempt to tow the ship out of the area! Another odd practice was a result of sailors’ superstitions. Whistling was generally banned on board ship for fear of whistling up a storm. However, in the doldrums, it was not unusual to see the Captain standing by the aft rail and whistling gently in the hopes of raising a breeze to move his ship along!”

Above is from here: http://www.divediscover.whoi.edu/expedition3/daily/000505.html

That said, I keep cheap whistles and a delrin flute on board our sailboat and kayaks. There’s nothing like a soft summer’s evening under a clear sky gently rocking at anchor and playing soft tunes to the rising of the moon.

I would be leary of taking pipes on board, one bad blow of wind in bad weather and your boat capsizes…everything could be lost.

MarkB

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Arthur Ransome’s children’s novel We didn’t mean to go to Sea has an extensive amount of off-stage (err, belows decks in a yacht) tin whistle playing at the climax of the novel.

It’s part of the Swallows and Amazons series of books.

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This just arrived in the new book delivery at my library, I had ordered this book for the music collection.

Lake Rhymes; Folk Songs of the Great Lakes Region.

http://www.leemurdock.com/html/lr_main.html

It has the history of the song plus the dots and a CD.

Guess who gets first check out?

MarkB

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Mark B:

I would be leary of taking pipes on board, one bad blow of wind in bad weather and your boat capsizes…everything could be lost.

Yeah, I wouldn’t bring my pipes on a boat that could go over. That’s why I’ll have to get a bigger boat! :smiley:

Let me know how that Lake Rhymes is!

Ailin