Your absolutely right. I went to the Merchant Marine Academy. I'm a
liscensed Master Mariner. The people who reley strictly on electronics are
not real men. If their equipment went down they would be screwed. I helped
out a guy this year in the fog in Wilmington Canyon who didn't even have a
compass! Just hand held GPS with dead batteries! I told him to follow the
setting sun, then use the Big Dipper to find the North Star. He was
panicked. And he had teenagers on board. The ocean can and does bite
idiots in the ass! How about the guy off Beach Haven who ran down and
killed three guys on a beautiful day with unlimited visability because he
was farting around with his plotter diskettes. I also love the guys with the
radars turning in the Point Pleasant Canal. Same BS. What about the people
with searchlights mounted to the bow. They think they're on the Parkway I
guess. On the darkest night you can see fine without them, and they love
shining them into the eyes of boat operators whose running lights could
clearly be seen if they hadn't ruined their vision with the searchlight.
Know the water, have a compass, reduce speed in the fog and listen (as
opposed to music) for other traffic, don't take chances when the boat isn't
100%. Real captains know how to be safe and take care of their crew. There
is one exception. Real FISHERMEN need electronics. Just to zero in on
wrecks and reefs, not to go for fuel or dinner.
"Rheilly Phoull" wrote in message
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"Geoff Schultz" wrote in message
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(Hans-Marc Olsen) wrote in
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Real sailors will travel the seven seas without any technology, just a
boat made of wood and sails!

You're the same guy posting stupid comments in other groups. Did they
let
you out for the night or did you just forget to take your meds?

-- Geoff

Just plonk him, he's just discovered internet.

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Regards ........... Rheilly Phoull