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Radar - attitude changes
"Roger Long" wrote in message
... On Sep 28, 7:06 pm, Jeff wrote: I've long been a fan of radar and feel its required to cruise Maine, and usefuOne problem now is that while in the "old days" (before low cost radar and loran/gps) the only fools out in the pea soup were being ultra cautious, tooting horns, going slow etc, nowadays every rich bozo thinks he can run his sportfish at 30 knots because the radar and GPS will keep him safe. Almost every year I've had a close call, the worst case happening a mile off of Cape Elizabeth. If you sail in fog, radar is needed now for defense. An excellent point and a major factor in my decision to install radar that I didn't mention. Because of this factor, I was finding the fog routes I considered acceptably safe much more restricted when I returned to sailing in the post GPS world. Do you have an AIS receiver? That's something I've been thinking about getting. For me, the issue is making sure we get out of the way as necessary. I don't think transmitting would make much diff in the bay, since the really big stuff isn't going to be changing course. -- "j" ganz @@ www.sailnow.com |
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