"Roger Long" wrote in message
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Silver K wrote:
If you are still planning your trip to New Brunswick you may want to
seriously look at having a radar.

Nice to hear from you. I have my fingers crossed on the Saint John trip.
Still waiting to see how the shipyard construction schedule for the next
research vessel shapes up.

Working as I do primarily for academic institutions, I'd gotten used to
having summers mostly free. Wouldn't you know that, when I finally
decided to take advantage of that fact and spend much of the summer
cruising, the pattern would change. It looks like I could be spending
more of this summer in airports and motels than on the boat.

I've spent way too much on the boat this winter to consider radar. I'll
have to deal with traffic the way I have for the last 40 plus years, using
my shallow draft and willingness to navigate close in to stay out of the
high traffice lanes.

I hope to see you this fall.

--
Roger Long

Make sure you have the latest charts concerning the Bay of Fundy and
approaches to Saint John Habour.

The ship anchorages and lanes have been re-arranged to accommodate the Whale
conservation program.

I only hope that the electronic charts have been updated correctly. For
that area, I like to have paper charts back up with the latest notice to
mariners.