Signal Cards

What it does

• Group legs fail at the point where a signal is ambiguous.
• The card fixes six signals and the response each requires.
• One page, read aloud at the briefing.

How to use it

1. Six signals are enough; more will not be remembered.
2. Practise two of them on the water each trip.
3. Agree the whistle pattern along with the hand signal.
4. A signal without a required response is a comment, not an instruction.

Safety notes

• Do not launch a group leg without a signal briefing.
• Sound signals carry further than hand signals in a headwind.