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• Damn, 'French Kiss', our friends boat, lost at Fort Pierce Inlet.
  • 'Dock and Go' locked up the onboard computer and couldn't be overridden
    • they couldn't turn it off and go manual?
      • Nope!
      • IF its the same as the Jeaneau (or similar), you have to turn-off the power and reboot the "computer".
        • Terrifying! So it docked itself, onto the rocks?
        • They were in the middle of a reboot but it's 4 minutes.
          • Insane. For 4 minutes the boat does what it wants? There's no way to stop it?
      • No master battery switch?
    • The Jeaneau computerized system had 18 out of 18 failures in it's similar system.
      • They were headed out.
        • My view is the Beneteau should make this right cause it's defective and unreliable; but,
      • Wow all those years of watching/reading scifi taught me...
        • 'Demon Seed' with Julie Christy was the same thing.
        • OHHHH YES!!!!!
        • And who can remember our favorite bit of automation:
    • I thought you and Ray going to help
      • We were planning to visit her this spring . . .
        • Is another boat in her future? It would
          • A Villa in St. Barths is in her future.
            • I could be the butler..
    • Unbelievable!
    • Hate to even suggest this, but my first thought was...
      • That selenoid...
    • Bow thruster and AP have same potential
    • We cannot realistically expect complex
  • Going to venture a guess... loss of power and not prepared...
    • The 'Dock & Go' failure even froze the anchor from dropping.
      • Whoa! Here's that inlet, not much room to run amok.
      • my God, what a fiasco
        • I have to say -
  • Below decks autopilots
    • We've a pressure relief valve button on our Hynautic ram right below the helmsman's seat under the cockpit seat lid.
    • I have an intergrated auto pilot connected to my
    • About 10 nano-seconds
      • As does Eddie, I love my Apha 3000
      • I had an Alpha Marine on my previous boat
  • Me thinks it is a rare situation...
  • I saw French Kiss being towed...
    • Dan?
    • Right, it wasn't yesterday as I thought.
      • Understandable. Thanks Dan and Rey for filling us in.
  • Into the rocks story . .
    • Curious about this...
      • I have the same questions SG . . .
    • Thanks for the clarification, Rey...
      • Oh . . I do miss her . .sometimes . . .*grin*
      • We almost called you for the skipper job 2 years ago.
        • Thanks, Dan - but after hearing this story, I'm relieved you didn't ... (grin)
          • UFB is an understatement...
          • Pictures are awesome.