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| a fixed navigational aid and a floating one as
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A fixed aid flashes like it's supposed to because it's been fixed.
A floating one might not be working because it hasn't been fixed.




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| a fixed navigational aid and a floating one as
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A fixed aid flashes like it's supposed to because it's been fixed.
A floating one might not be working because it hasn't been fixed.


Wrong, the fixed aid can't have puppies.
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| depicted on a chart.


A fixed aid flashes like it's supposed to because it's been fixed.
A floating one might not be working because it hasn't been fixed.


Wrong, the fixed aid can't have puppies.


But it's still a b*tch if you hit it....
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A fixed aid flashes


She must use the same charts that Jon does.

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A fixed aid flashes


She must use the same charts that Jon does.

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I still want to know where they get these animated charts...


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A fixed aid flashes


She must use the same charts that Jon does.

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The animated ones....
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Like on TV?

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The animated ones....



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I ahven't a clue...you're the one who said the buoy markings on your
charts move....
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Actually, I said they were identified on the chart as not being fixed.

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