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• C'mon, we all knew it was just a matter of time, right...?
  • A case if the case "doesn't ring true"?
  • Think they have a case
    • Apparently this has happened to others with satphones
      • I find the shift from the use of radio to sat (or other) phone technolodgy unsettling...
        • The CG is ruled by procedure
          • The CG seems the biggest cell phone proponent.
            • Have you used the SeaTow radio check service?
              • Thanks, I'll try that. I haven't had VHF contact with another boat, in years.
              • Would be nice, but I doubt my VHF would reach the 70 miles to the nearest one!
            • While out cruising VHF radios act
              • True that. And the government has cut much of the costs of VHF support.
        • I, also, will not have one as a replacement
          • Here's another photo. That's us taken from the other boat. The
            • Here's one later over looking the harbor entrance to Santiago.
  • "We" is a group that detest's the Kaufmans. I'm not in that group.
    • There is a thin line between success and failure.
    • I'm with you tom. While I think the Kaufmans
      • I want to modify my position in light of Jon said.
        • You know the saying
          • That's so true on so many levels when cruising
    • I'm not part of the group that "detests the Kaufmanns", either...
      • Well, thanks for that Jon !
        • I'm just glad I'll never have to go up against you in court... (grin)
          • The moonrise last night was pretty sweet, as well...
            • In Southwest Harbor
          • We leave for Maine next Tuesday
      • I don't mind your clearly negative opinion post. Just use "-I- knew it was just a matter of time,right...?
        • Fair enough, it was presumptious of me to speak on behalf of all of us here...
      • "why should the satphone company be singled out" - two words: "deep pockets"
  • Comment at the end of news the piece said...
    • As I said above, I wouldn't
    • They want money too...
      • "certainly no attorney..would take on a contingency"
        • An attorney perhaps ?
          • Actually for me, I wondered why they scuttled the boat?
          • The service was turn OFF, it did not fail, that where I have a problem.
            • I seem to remember
              • You are correct, I am sure there is a lot we do not know
          • So a business can decide it's liability, just by putting it in the fine print?
            • Of course you are being facetious, a judge decides your liability based on what's in the fine print
              • So many misstatements of fact and law
                • Must be frustrating to see the "all lawyers are,..." generalization mire what's going on here.
                  • "would you buy a plan from them and head out into the Pacific?" - that is the crux of it...
                    • Gee I just hope the manufacture has the balls
                      • Wow, a lot of angst there .
                    • REBEL HEART'S prolific blogging might come back to haunt them...
                      • Ooops, a couple of examples, courtesy of a poster on CF...
                      • Blog; rambling personal diary, opinion,fiction,unedited,...often boring zzz....
                        • Are you suggesting that nothing Eric might have posted pubicly in a blog, or on an internet forum...
                          • Unfortunately Jon, this is unlikely ever to be in front of a judge or jury.
                          • Suggesting, no. More adamant. What in the world could he blog which would affect this accusation?
                            • Oops, more 'unsworn testimony' surfaces...
                              • Give it a rest
                                • LOL! Actually, no... Anyway, I'll shut up now, going sailing again for awhile, anyway (grin)
                                  • We'll look forward to hearing about that
                              • All I see is your obsession with these people.
            • Do you mean to tell me I paid liability insurance on my shops for 30 some years and didn't need too??
    • What about insurance?
      • Good question. My policy coverage says," Sudden and accidental,...
      • Expensive
      • I'm almost certain they were not insured...
  • More light shed on the Kaufman case
    • Looks like a PR blunder