"Joe" wrote in message
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"Donal" wrote in message
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"Joe" wrote in message
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What about a tree trunk the size of a car? Any running lights on it,
How about a bouy, not all are lit. Hows about the typical weekend
warrior who forgot to turn on his running lights, hows about a rocky
jettie, how about a tow line and the million other things you can not
see on a pitch black night?

Are you really claiming that it is easy to avoid hitting a tree trunk at
25
kts?

Yes, if you see it on radar a mile ahead of you, its not a problem.
^^ IF?????

"IF" you see it on radar??????? What about IF you DON'T see it on radar?

[sigh]


I
will admit Ive struck enough submerged logs the the owner of one
crewboat I ran hung so many destroyed propellers on his beach house
that he named it the broken wheel ranch. Thats just part of the job
and should be expected on a high speed boat running the rivers of LA.

Are you saying that you think that it is easier to miss a buoy at 25
kts than at 4 kts??

Its very easy to miss a bouy if you can see it on radar, and most

There you go again! Another "IF" ????????


bouys and day shapes are designed to be seen on radar, big suprise
huh? If you get really good at radar you learn the ranges for the
ports you run. We had color radars on the MV Comet I ran and you could
assign diffrent colors for the height of objects. So lining up the
ranges was a piece of cake. You do know what range marker are huh?

Yes.




Regards



Donal
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