On Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:21:55 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:06:30 -0400, Jeff wrote:

One problem now is that while in the "old
days" (before low cost radar and loran/gps) the only fools out in the
pea soup were being ultra cautious, tooting horns, going slow etc,
nowadays every rich bozo thinks he can run his sportfish at 30 knots
because the radar and GPS will keep him safe.

Back in the 80s a friend of mine was bringing a new (to him) 40 ft
sailboat back from Canada in the fog. He was T-boned by a tug boat
operated by the Canadian coast guard even though both boats were
operating their radar and were aware of each other's presence. Go
figure.

The passenger liner Stockholm T-boned the Andrea Doria and about 60
died. Eventually when the blame dodging was over, the Stockholm's
third mate was said to have misread his radar.

To digress a bit: more people have died diving the wreck than died
during the sinking. One guy has taken out one party a year for more
than thirty years. He has lost 3%. It is heavily draped with fishing
tackle, of course.