 I am very happy to announce that Rabbit Waves is out! The idea for this project came after @neauoire & I were discussing the disappearance of certain traditional seasteading skills and maritime communication knowledge. We believe these skills are valuable when electronics misbehave, but they're also just generally fun to learn and to use. All of the art is drawn by hand :>! We will add more content as we go!   53 comments
 The first two pages available cover how to communicate using the International Code of Signals, and flag semaphore.  @rek Are you interested in a) possible corrections, or b) additional questions? @rek Cool! 1. Possible typo on the caption for "[c]an I come alongside?". 2. How do you store your flags for easy access? 3. Have y'all had any many opportunities to use flags to communicate in your travels? @tty @rek for some reason i don't fully understand, two sets. i'm not very good a remembering them though. you web site might help :)  @rek @chainik Oh wow. This reference is cool - I had no idea any of these except O and Q existed. Never seen them (except Q, which I carried) on the water in WA or BC, and they're not taught as part of the semi-required boater's ed curriculum in WA (the only flags you get taught in that course are the red and white diver-down flag (not the A flag), and the 'murica flag being required on your stern if you leave US waters) Added a page on Rabbit Waves about using Day Shapes to communicate to other vessels during daylight hours. Flying the N and C signal flags together communicates distress, as does flying a square flag and a ball shape. Devine: "You know, you could have just spelled 'waves'. I mean, there's already a rabbit." Currently putting together a page on "communicating in Morse Code" for Rabbit Waves. It'll be done before the end of the month. In the meantime, here are some very adorable rabbit dits and dahs.    @rek @neauoire This such a lovely approach with the illustrations and inline symbols! A minor correction if it helps, where is says "Ελληνική" it should say "Ελληνικά" instead. In modern Greek, the first spelling is an adjective (followed by "language"), while the latter is the proper noun for "Greek." @heracles @rek that was corrected from the sketchbook, if you look at the live website: https://rabbitwaves.ca/site/flags_maritime.html
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@rek @neauoire We were once saved from a possible wreck by recognising Uniform flashed at us by lamp.  @ccohanlon @neauoire Happy to hear it :>! And since you are far more experienced than we, let us know if you do find mistakes.  |
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@rek @neauoire I guessing y'all know this already, but the "peace" symbol ☮️ is derived from the flag semaphore for N and D for Nuclear Disarmament.