On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 17:45:49 -0800, "William G. Andersen"
wrote:

Nope. I like the idea of going buoy to buoy so that I can actually see how
I'm doing. When the fog's thick you can't see the buoys from the center of
the channel. Big ships that are constrained by draft have to stay in the
channel, a little boat like mine can run along the edge.
And in case you're wondering, yes, I've been in fog like that several times.

I've made the run back to Westerly from The Race in heavy fog just
using a chart plotter - it's tough slogging along, but you eventually
get where you need to go.

Then again, I don't really have to worry about shipping because I can
hug the shore line pretty close if I have to.

Later,

Tom