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• Anyone see the latest on Ensenada race accident...
  • Here's their SPOT tracks
    • better URL for the SPOT tracks
      • WOW
        • The thing is the skipper had done the race before...
          • You're correct that NO sensible person would set the waypoint on a fatal headland, then have an autopilot steer there.
            • That island is only 2 miles long
              • Jon speculated a reasonable scenerio below...
              • I a 2 mile island doesn't display on your chart plotter using any reasonable scale in that context...
                • You're showing a RASTER chart
                  • Yes, but who leaves a chart plotter they are using at a much larger scale
                    • I'm just saying it's possible
                      • But if I am understanding correctly...
                      • I agree we're exercising speculation about WHAT happened; however,
                  • I hesitate to jump in but WTF
                    • are you trying to pick a fight with Larry?
                    • I almost hit a bunch of small canoes off El Salvidore
                • Every chartplotter I know of has a split screen.
                  • That's a good idea I never used Dan
                    • There's no reason to go wide.
                      • Yes -- I generally set the screen to "look ahead" only about 2-5 miles
                      • I use the split screen but I use half for Radar
                        • Hey Steve! send me an email and tell me what you've been doing.
                          • We are sitting here in La Paz for a couple of weeks. Then
                    • Split screens w/ radar overlay gives you a lot of options
                      • You guys do still use the old Mark1 eyeballs too, right?
                        • Certainly eyes, ears, (and tactil feedback like helm pressure, vibrations, etc.) are the usual tools we all depend on.
                          • Wouldn't dream of heading out in fog without Radar & CP
                            • What would you do if you lost power?
                              • Well, key words are "heading out"
                                • What did you do back in the day?
                                  • Dead reckoning same as everyone else
                                  • Clap Navigating
                        • sure, use old Mark1 eyeballs to look at the CP screen
        • I've gone inside and outside of those islands so many time I couldn't count
          • This is pretty much my thinking also...
            • I wasn't thinking about "cruising class". I
              • Well it gives the cruisers a chance to enter...
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