wave your hands and say pick me up
The boys couldn't signal the passing ship because the ship was too far away for them to see or be seen, or the signal they attempted to use was not effective in attracting the ship's attention. Additionally, environmental conditions such as weather or obstacles may have hindered their efforts to signal the ship.
Jack and the hunters were suppose to watch the fire, but instead they went hunting. The fire went out and there was no signal, failing to signal the ship.
The ship you signal is the ship that gives you the island medallion.
Pi spots a large ship passing by in Chapter 77. He tries to signal it for help by using his flare gun, but the ship continues without stopping. This disappointing event leaves Pi feeling disheartened and abandoned.
A mirror can be used as a reflector to signal passing ships or airplanes. A mirror may be used to signal a ship or an airplane that you are on the island. Reflecting the sun's rays into the cockpit of an airplane might bring help.
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The signal for a fire on boards is a long blast on the ship's whistle along with sounding of the vessel's general alarm.
No, you don't have to single, nor do you have to signal. Learning to spell before passing a parked car would be more important than to do a single or a signal.
Because the previous ship in distress was just another CQ signal and could easily get lost in standard ship to ship CQ traffic.
You wait for a little raft.
As soon as you have changed lanes, you turn off your turn signal.
The ship was passing the island at a distance and if the island was marked on its navigatonal charts it would probably have been logged as being uninhabited (which it was before the boys landed there). If the signal fire on the mountain top had been lit and producing smoke that may well have attracted the attention of the ship and it may have decided to investigate. As things stood, the ship had no reason to investigate the island.