How wide is the inlet he was trying to navigate? And, what's the margin of
error for GPS nowadays?


"Scott McFadden" wrote in message
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I see in today's paper our now famous, front page, "captain" with "30
yrs experience" claimed he tried to nav Ponce (which he was totally
unfamiliar with) at night, in a $1.4 million boat(insured) without a
single fuctioning searchlight and against the advice of the marina he
was trying to reach, with the assistance of his gps/chartplotter.

With all my experience at Ponce that is not something I would look
forward to, at all.

Furthermore, he declined to call Seatow for an "guided escort" through
the inlet.

Sometimes "saving money" gets people into jams they never imagined
were possible.
--
SJM

(Scott McFadden) wrote in message
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"Gary Warner" wrote in message
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"Scott McFadden" wrote in message
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I don't suppose, hiccup, alcohol was factor.

It was not rough at all last night.

http://www.n-jcenter.com/BreakingNews/area99.htm


The article says that Roberts said he was navigating by instruments.
What
makes
you think is was alcohol and not an error, mistake, bad-navigation
skills,
or stupidity?

Oh I guess the fact that being intoxicated leads to error, mistake,
bad navigation skills and stupidity.

FWIW, I have been through that inlet at least a hundred times in a
little Whaler (among other boats) and never relied upon any
"instruments", other than my eyes.

I have never heard of anyone else using "instruments" to nav Ponce
either.

It is simply absurd.