Hey stupid, forward looking sonar and depth sounders are two
different categories of instruments.

You're becomming more stupid than some of the regular idiots
around here and that's saying a lot . . .

S.Simon


"Capt. Mooron" wrote in message ...
Sorry... didn't mean to step on your last raw nerve.....
Bwahahahahahahahahaaaa

You're the one claimed depth sounders won't give you contours.

I proved you wrong... deal with it.

CM


"Simple Simon" wrote in message
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| Idiots! All there are around here are idiots.
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| WE'RE NOT TALKING FORWARD LOOKING SONAR HERE.
|
| Stop trying to change the subject. We're talking about how
| depth sounders are useless in very deep water and a lot of
| the time in shallow water.
|
| S.Simon
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| "Capt. Mooron" wrote in message
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| This ain't big ship....
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| http://www.interphase-tech.com/probe.htm
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| or this.....
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| http://www.interphase-tech.com/seascout.htm
|
| CM
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|
| "Simple Simon" wrote in message
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| |
| | I repeat, WE'RE NOT TALKING BIG SHIP CRAP HERE!
| |
| | Depth sounders give a depth for sure and generally they are
| | pretty accurate. However, what good is a depth when a
| | vessel could be any number of miles along a contour or on
| | a flat? Answer - no good at all. What matters is lat/lon with
| | high degrees of accuracy. Knowing your depth is very vague
| | information at best when attempting to place a fix on a chart.
| |
| | Small sailing yachts can rely on GPS so they do not need depth
| | sounders as much as big ships. When a small sailing yacht is
| | getting into dangerously shallow water the eyes of an experienced
| | will look at the wave action, color of the water etc. and be able
| | to ascertain the depth to a high degree of accuracy.
| |
| | Now, get out of here and go back to rec.boats where you belong.
| |
| | S.Simon
| |
| | "Shen44" wrote in message
| ...
| | Subject: Faulty depth finder attributed to whale attack!!
| | From: "Simple Simon"
| | Date: 10/07/2003 08:10 Pacific Standard Time
| | Message-id:
| |
| | Bull****. A chart shows contours, bottom make up such as
| | rock, sand, shell etc., possible upcoming obstructions and
| | the like. This info is simply not available on a yacht depth
| | sounder.
| |
| | S.Simon - not talking about big ship crap here . . .
| |
| | Not talking about "big ship crap" .... talking about Navigation.
| | A chart is nothing more than a "picture" of an area that you may be
in
| .... by
| | itself, it's useless, until you can start applying other
information,
| gleaned
| | from other sources to locate yourself in a position on that chart.
| | A fathometer, be it a recording, digital readout, or blinking light
will
| help
| | give you information to locate that position (personally, prefer the
| | recording).
| | Prior to the advent of all the electronic nav aids, such as LORAN,
GPS,
| | fathometers were much more frequently used to check, and even
locate,
| ones
| | position on a chart, be it in shallow or deep water.
| | It's just another tool you have available .... shame you don't
| understand it's
| | use .... but expected .....
| |
| | Shen
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