Poll - Who Uses Black Balls and Cones?

[Cruisingdad]

How many of you actaully use a Black Ball or Black Cone? How many even own one??

[bljones]

yep. Although, I admit to being lax in my deployment of a cone while motorsailing, unless it is a passage lasting more than a couple of hours.

[stuartmartell]

I had purple one once but I don't want to talk about it.

[SVAuspicious]

I own both, but only use the anchor ball.

[smackdaddy]

Originally Posted by Cruisingdad

How many of you actaully use a Black Ball or Black Cone? How many even own one??

What we use in the privacy of our own home is no business of yours.

Ewww.

[AE28]

Brian...
You really opened the flood-gate this time!!!

Paul

[jrd22]

Have an anchor ball on board, never use it, it would cause too much confusion amongst the other boaters :-))

[JohnRPollard]

Originally Posted by SVAuspicious

I own both, but only use the anchor ball.

Ditto.

We use the anchor ball pretty much all the time, although if we are really tucked away where there is no traffic we sometimes don't.

Because Chesapeake Bay falls within inland waters, the steaming cone is not required for a vessel of our size.

[christyleigh]

Seventeen years ago the boat that got me off the lakes and ponds of Central Mass and onto NGBay came with both. I never used them, and I think..... I may have seen from 1 - 3 ?? anchor balls and maybe..... 1 ?? steaming cone in all those years in NGBay and beyond.

[killarney_sailor]

I have both (came with the boat) but I must admit that I do not use either. Rarely see balls in use, never see cones (saw one once I think)