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"Jack Rye" wrote
two pairs of binoculars 20x60 . . . night vision 5x magnification with an illuminator Although two pairs is a good idea (breakage), 20x magnification would be useless on a boat. A pair of lightweight 8x25s for daylight bouy reading, guests, etc., and a pair of good 7x50s for dawn dusk action. They're not gonna work when it's dark, though. No need for magnification on the NV device; it's a shape detection tool. And the illuminator also isn't needed when boating, in that a "million candlepower" searchlight serves better. NV is for loom detection, shoreline observation, etc., distant viewing applications. Neither does what radar does: penetrate fog, snow and rain. But then radar requires a trained (according to the Coast Guard) operator on station and good reflectance on the observed vessel, a step away from directly "looking" at something using binos or NV. Surely doing your part by hoisting a good reflector (inexpensive too) is proper seamanship. |
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