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Experienced skipper, well known anchorage. No known reason yet.

On Wed, 13 Dec 2006 11:36:27 GMT, "Hoges in WA"
wrote:

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Experienced skipper, well known anchorage. No known reason yet.


I use my anchor light when I am on a mooring ball. I will now
continue to do so.

Jack

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Jack Dale
ISPA Yachtmaster Offshore Instructor
CYA Advanced Cruising Instructor
http://www.swiftsuresailing.com
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Jack Dale wrote:

I use my anchor light when I am on a mooring ball. I will now
continue to do so.

Good idea. But, in a case like this, doing so will probably just make
things a little easier for you after. You had a light, you're blameless.
Somebody going fast enough to cause an accident like this in visibility
where they couldn't see a boat the size of the one struck probably isn't
going to see a light either.

I'm sure the blood alcohol level will get published at some point. It would
be interesting to see. Either that or it's a example of why kissing at high
speed is a bad idea. No excuse for hitting a stationary object that big at
night.

--
Roger Long

Roger Long wrote:
Jack Dale wrote:


I use my anchor light when I am on a mooring ball. I will now
continue to do so.


Good idea. But, in a case like this, doing so will probably just make
things a little easier for you after. You had a light, you're
blameless. Somebody going fast enough to cause an accident like this in
visibility where they couldn't see a boat the size of the one struck
probably isn't going to see a light either.

I'm sure the blood alcohol level will get published at some point. It
would be interesting to see. Either that or it's a example of why
kissing at high speed is a bad idea. No excuse for hitting a stationary
object that big at night.


Maybe a Phalanx system set to automatically engage anything approaching
at over 10 knots would be the answer.

"Jack Dale" wrote in message
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On Wed, 13 Dec 2006 11:36:27 GMT, "Hoges in WA"
wrote:

http://www.thewest.com.au/default.as...ontentID=16065


Experienced skipper, well known anchorage. No known reason yet.


I use my anchor light when I am on a mooring ball. I will now
continue to do so.

I also use an anchor light at all times as well as one of the little Davis
lights hanging from the mizzen boom.

Leanne

"Roger Long" wrote in news:XYUfh.3634$D9.2623
@twister.nyroc.rr.com:

No excuse for hitting a stationary object that big at
night.


It's possible in daylight. I bumped into an anchored 300' freighter in the
middle of Charleston Harbor. I was drifting with the current listening to
some music and simply dropped off to sleep over a beanbag. A "bump" woke
me up. I looked straight up to see about 8 smiling, Asian faces laughing
and pointing down at me as my jetboat bumped into their freighter sliding
down the side. They didn't seem to mind I might scratch the RUST...(c;

How embarrassing......(blush)

Maintain a good lookout....all you "single handers".



Larry

Ordered new $59 GA-29 Garmin GPS antenna for the thriftshop GPSMAP 185S for
$33 from Proadvantage.com this afternoon....
It's not a boat shop.
Can you forgive me?

Don White wrote in news:e7Vfh.32357$cz.482669
@ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca:

Maybe a Phalanx system set to automatically engage anything approaching
at over 10 knots would be the answer.



What about the C4-packed sloops?

Can a Phalanx DETECT a C4 packed plastic sloop??

Larry
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Ordered new $59 GA-29 Garmin GPS antenna for the thriftshop GPSMAP 185S for
$33 from Proadvantage.com this afternoon....
It's not a boat shop.
Can you forgive me?

In article , "Leanne"
wrote:

"Jack Dale" wrote in message
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On Wed, 13 Dec 2006 11:36:27 GMT, "Hoges in WA"
wrote:

http://www.thewest.com.au/default.as...ontentID=16065


Experienced skipper, well known anchorage. No known reason yet.


I use my anchor light when I am on a mooring ball. I will now
continue to do so.

I also use an anchor light at all times as well as one of the little Davis
lights hanging from the mizzen boom.

Doubt it would have helped.

--
Jere Lull
Xan-a-Deux ('73 Tanzer 28 #4 out of Tolchester, MD)
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