Hey Donal ..... he's not a "yachtie"
Hey Joe ..... There's a big difference between yachts and workboats and
their operation. You're trying to argue a totally different "mind set"
and it doesn't work.

In the end, you're both generally correct, but for different reasons.

otn

Donal wrote:
"Joe" wrote in message
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"Donal" wrote in message

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"Joe" wrote in message
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What about 20 knots on a pitch black dark night, guess thats unsafe

to.

A yacht's lights are easier to see on a pitch black night than on a

moonlit

night. However, in thick fog, you can't see anything!


What about a tree trunk the size of a car? Any running lights on it,
How about a bouy, not all are lit. Hows about the typical weekend
warrior who forgot to turn on his running lights, hows about a rocky
jettie, how about a tow line and the million other things you can not
see on a pitch black night?


Are you really claiming that it is easy to avoid hitting a tree trunk at 25
kts? Are you saying that you think that it is easier to miss a buoy at 25
kts than at 4 kts??

Pull the other one, Joe -- I put some bells on it, just for you.



That is really scary!

To a lubber like you I imagine it is. Bet you would **** your pants
if you ever landed on a airplane in the fog two. But 100's of them do
it every day.



Well, these days it is easy to land a plane. They land themselves.
Fog has nothing at all to do with landing a modern aircraft.



Regards


Donal
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