Five or more short rapid blasts signal danger, or signal that you do not understand or disagree with the other boater's intentions.
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The general emergency alarm on the ship is recognised by 7 short ringings of the bell followed by a long ring or using the ship horn signal of 7 short blasts followed by 1 long blast.
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According to maritime regulations, four long blasts of a ship's horn indicate that the ship is getting ready to depart. Phil Hanbidge. Amateur Marine Historian, 39 years with the Cdn Coast Guard Author has 340 answers and 704.5K answer views 4y.