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On Aug 11, 10:19 am, "Wilbur Hubbard"
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On Aug 9, 2:45 pm, Skip Gundlach wrote:

That stretch is one of the nicer parts of the ICW.

Unless someone's misled us, we're under 65' and should be good to
go.
Skip
SV Flying Pig KI4MPC

Hello Skip........

PLEASE tell me that you have a Coast Pilot for that part of the
world
and dont rely only on helpful people for bridge clearance?!?1??@@??
@?!?!?!?

Also, I believe "SV Flying Pig" is more of a S/Y (Saling Yacht).
Although I suppose it could also be a OL/S (oil screw).
But probably others here may know better.

Wont go under a bridge without a Coast Pilot Bob

Because of the ineptitude of the crew, "Flying Pig" cannot be labeled
S/V or S/Y. The proper label would have to be L/S Flying Pig for
"Laughing Stock."

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Willl burrr:

Did you read Skips comment about how he stands watch? this is what
Skip wrote:

Our radar is set for 24 nautical miles. The typical shipping traffic
is moving at 15-30 knots, so I check every 15 minutes while I'm at
the
keyboard. In 15 minutes, the fastest shipping would move 8 miles or
less, so
that would give us ample warning to pay very close attention.
Meanwhile, Otto (the autopilot) continues his faithful duty, steering
us to
the waypoint off Cape Fear.

Do you see any problems spending your watch typing and looking at a
RADAR screen? I guess he doesnt relize some sailboats dont show on
radar along with floating rope, logs, etc.

Whats your take?
Bob


Radar is but a single aid to navigation. To rely on it exclusively is
folly. One must use all aids to navigation available to one. Up there
around Cape Fear there's plenty of shallow water that does not show up
on radar or the charts. It's a shifting mess.

Skip's an accident waiting to happen. He's a fool. Besides only an idiot
goes AROUND the cape. There is a very safe and well marked yacht channel
right through Frying Pan Shoals that cuts miles off the more dangerous
Cape Fear route where big shipping going south plies close in to avoid
the north set of the Gulf Stream.

Wilbur Hubbard