I would say that it doesn't need radar, but you might think it needs it. We
have terrific fog and other lousy conditions in and outside the bay, and if
you look, listen, and feel what's going on around you, you rarely need it. I
don't know where you sail, but I doubt that the conditions there are any
worse where you are.

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"JimC" wrote in message
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Ringmaster wrote:

It's just amazing what a bitter jealous dude Sloco is. The M26 can
certainly carry and extra battery with no problem!

You ass, your just as dumb as Mr. Charles. I could care less how many
batteries a 26 foot boat CAN carry. My point was why. What 26 foot
boat bopping around a bay needs 3 big heavy batteries and a friking
radar dome half way up it's 30' mast. As always your mouth is ahead of
your little brain.


Ringmaster, you ask why a 26-foot boat needs a friking radar dome half way
up it's 30' mast? - Think for a minute about what's involved. - Although
it's a small boat, if I go down the ship channel to Galveston (about 25
miles) I'm sharing the channel with lots of other boats, including big
ones and fast ones, going both directions, some passing others, some
fishing or trawling, some heading out to China, etc. Some of them watch
for boats like mine, and others are too busy or don't seem to give a damn.
Some are skippered by pros and others are pleasure boats with
semi-trained, possibly drunk red-necks at the helm (this is Texas after
all). And going down the channel is the only way to get to the Gulf,
unless I want to tow the boat down and launch it there.

I have a chartreader with GPS and memory chip that shows where I am and
where the buoys, ICW, and other channels are, but if visibility goes bad,
either in the channel or offshore, there's an obvious safety issue.

That's why a 26-foot boat like mine might need radar.

Jim