OK, I confess, I am really trying to hide the nuke I built from
hundreds of old smoke detectors and parts from a '72 Camaro.
The Purpose of flooding the cockpit while running the engine is to put
a low temp high mass object 'tween you and any IR detector.
As far as the aluminized space blanket for Radar, generally, it is
edges and corners that produce the large radar return. 90 degree
angles particularly make good returns which is why a tiny radar
refelctor will give a much better return than most sailboats. A very
large sphere (the size of your boat) will give less return than a 10"
corner reflector. The purpose of the space blanket is to mask the
edges and corners from things like the engine, the toerail,
chainplates, etc. A space blanket with no sharp edges covering the
sailboat should give less return than your average sailboat. I once
took a course in radar theory but I know nothing of ANY practical
application.

Osama bin DB Cooper OHara

Peggie Hall wrote:
wrote:
THIS IS PURELY HYPOTHETICAL. I have nothing to hide, jeez.

I'm bored enough on a Saturday night to get into this one...

IMO, how easy it would or wouldn't be to just disappear depends on
the
circumstances. If you're a fugitive being sought, it might not be
that
easy...but if you're someone who just wants to escape his life, it
should be very easy. Just buy a boat without telling anyone...tell
your
friends and family that you have to go to Chicago, St, Louis,
Paris--anywhere but out to sea--for a week...set sail
instead...giving
you at least a week's head start in a direction no one would ever
look
in...and even when they do think of checking on your boat--the one
everyone knows you own--it'll still be in her slip. You could be
anywhere in the world before anyone figured out how or when you left,
or
which direction to look. By then you've grown a beard, dyed your
hair,
lost 20 lbs...the only thing that might give away your location is
any
record of the places in which you've had to show your passport. But
if
you're REALLY determined to disappear, it's not that hard these days
to
get a new passport under a new name. Unless you're a fugitive, no one

would ever have any reason to question its legitimacy.

The only real issue would be money...but anyone planning such a move
should be smart enough to quietly start transferring funds to an
offshore account in an untraceable manner (convert to cash, deposit
only
that cash to offshore account) months or even years ahead of time.

IOW, anyone who really wants to disappear can do it with some
planning.

--
Peggie
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Peggie Hall
Specializing in marine sanitation since 1987
Author "Get Rid of Boat Odors - A Guide To Marine Sanitation Systems
and
Other Sources of Aggravation and Odor"

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