Well, I already have $280 worth of gift certificates for WestMarine/BoatUS...my
birthday is nearly here!
So here are some items I'm thinking about...Which would you buy?

Night Owl Night Vision....this is a Gen 1 and rather cheap, but it works pretty
well and is waterproof.
Canon Stabilized Binocs: 10x30's seem a bit low on light collecting. Would
these compliment my new Fuji 7X50's?
New Sailing jacket...May wait for the AC boat show to do this.

Capt RB

- a real ladder instead of that horror story

Well, I already have $280 worth of gift certificates for
WestMarine/BoatUS...my
birthday is nearly here!
So here are some items I'm thinking about...Which would you buy?

Night Owl Night Vision....this is a Gen 1 and rather cheap, but it works
pretty
well and is waterproof.
Canon Stabilized Binocs: 10x30's seem a bit low on light collecting. Would
these compliment my new Fuji 7X50's?
New Sailing jacket...May wait for the AC boat show to do this.

Capt RB

If you do a lot of night sailing, get the night vision. But for daytime navigating, get the Canon
10x30IS.

--
-jeff

"Bobsprit" wrote in message ...
Well, I already have $280 worth of gift certificates for WestMarine/BoatUS...my
birthday is nearly here!
So here are some items I'm thinking about...Which would you buy?

Night Owl Night Vision....this is a Gen 1 and rather cheap, but it works pretty
well and is waterproof.
Canon Stabilized Binocs: 10x30's seem a bit low on light collecting. Would
these compliment my new Fuji 7X50's?
New Sailing jacket...May wait for the AC boat show to do this.

Capt RB

If you do a lot of night sailing, get the night vision. But for daytime
navigating, get the Canon
10x30IS.

Well we do a lot of night sailing, but it's quite local most of the time. Next
summer we will not be sailing locally hardly at all, so you may be
right...Night Vision it is!

RB

Gen 1... Bwahahahahahahaaa... you might as well order the X-Ray Specs from
the back of a comic book!

Have you even, ever tried a comparison of this technology Bob?

BTW - they need batteries!

CM


"Bobsprit" wrote in message
...
| If you do a lot of night sailing, get the night vision. But for daytime
| navigating, get the Canon
| 10x30IS.
|
| Well we do a lot of night sailing, but it's quite local most of the time.
Next
| summer we will not be sailing locally hardly at all, so you may be
| right...Night Vision it is!
|
| RB

Gen 1... Bwahahahahahahaaa... you might as well order the X-Ray Specs from
the back of a comic book!

Have you even, ever tried a comparison of this technology Bob?

Yup. Gen one works fine. The set that I tested were actually older Gen 1s and
we were all shocked at how well they worked. Tried Gen 3s. Fantastic, but 1K or
more? No way!

RB

So the big spender starts faltering?

CM

"Bobsprit" wrote in message
...
| Gen 1... Bwahahahahahahaaa... you might as well order the X-Ray Specs from
| the back of a comic book!
|
| Have you even, ever tried a comparison of this technology Bob?
|
| Yup. Gen one works fine. The set that I tested were actually older Gen 1s
and
| we were all shocked at how well they worked. Tried Gen 3s. Fantastic, but
1K or
| more? No way!
|
| RB

So the big spender starts faltering?

What big spender? I'm poor! That's why I have a 25 year old boat!

RB

If I were you I'd buy some of those wood plugs that you stick in leaking
places.


S/V Express 30 "Ringmaster"
Trains are a winter sport

If I were you I'd buy some of those wood plugs that you stick in leaking
places.

I have a C&C, not an Express. How often do you need plugs on your boat?

RB