Posted by Laurence Monkhouse on January 01, 2003 at 17:20:50 from 62.252.32.6 user Laurence_.
In Reply to: Re: Signals posted by Ian Wright on January 01, 2003 at 11:13:34:
Certainly they were used well into the 70s, perhaps even later. Also - even particularly - outside Coastguard Stations in the days when these were only a few miles apart.
I well remember seeing a South Cone on the North Foreland when we were bound from Boulogne to Harwich in my 22 footer. We had sailed with a Force 5/6 forecast and were having a lovely time - until then. With wind and tide behind us we could only go on, and the next few hours were interesting - but at least the cone gave us a bit of warning.
Probably just as well that it wasn't a NORTH cone!