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Sailors:
I'm working with the USCG on a new navigation hazard marking system and am favourable to the public input. The system is inteneded to mark moving navigation hazards of a variable radius. This may sound confusing, so I shall give an explanation. Hazards are most likely fixed in size and location. This system will mark a hazard that is variable in both size and location. An example of such a hazard is your noted dork of the sea - the blubbering Bobsprit. His actions constantly constitute a hazard to navigation. The hazard radius is quite variable. At night his massive floodlight can blind sailors over a mile away. The loud music certainly renders audible signals useless. The George Foreman grill can cause a fireball of several hundred yards, the defective and antiquated battery charger has about the same radius. The gulls drawn to the Alien girls certainly can be confused for a large school of fish feeding. How does one mark such a hazard? A flashing beacon light at night, with dayshapes and pennants at day? A radio beacon giving the morse code "I" for idiot? Perhaps large yellow stripes painted on the craft? A radio transponder that gives the course, location and weight of the offender? How does one clearly mark the "Dork Captain" and how far away is one safe from the stupidity? I most certainly appreciate your suggestions on how to mark this mobile hazard to boaters everywhere. |