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Default Boat crash in Ft. Lauderdale

On Wed, 01 Jan 2020 13:00:28 -0500, John H.
wrote:

On Wed, 1 Jan 2020 16:45:16 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Tue, 31 Dec 2019 21:13:43 -0500, Alex wrote:

Last night...

https://wsvn.com/news/local/several-...rt-lauderdale/

Cocktails?

Not every jetty shows up on a GPS. That happened a few times in Deale,
MD, when folks would follow
the GPS to get home.


Midnight and speed. He was not going slow to get that far up the rocks in
a 42’ boat.


For sure speed. Same thing happens in Deale. Going fast and taking the line offered by the GPS has
been the problem more than once.


Everyone knows I am the real Luddite here but I fear modern
electronics is taking the place of basic seamanship and the importance
of local knowledge.