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• I just had to replace my vhf radio
  • smaller is cheaper?
  • That's a feature not a bug
    • I have so far resisted the temptation
      • That impeller/AP story makes no sense to me
        • I don't know what kind of equipment it was but
      • Rant alert!
        • Spot On....
          • So, I was helping a friend deliver his
            • wind vane and a tiller pilot
            • That is why...
              • My wife and I have decided, after my trip with my friend and his AP failure,
                • Self steering
                  • My issues with self steering...
                    • The trend is also towards more complex and expensive
                  • I did 7 or 8 on my Cape Dory with my Monitor vane
                  • Agree, the Monitor took us across the Atlantic last summer, no problems
                • REDUNDANCY! yeah, in capital letters
                  • Dan, you know this boat has just about 2 of
                    • Sheesh! You gotta wonder how Slocum managed . . .
                      • He didn't. He died in Novembor, 1909. He disappeared
                      • Spray would sail itself.
                        • Not without any wind.
                          • My engine is of very limited use
                            • isn't your boat designed as a racer with cruising capibilities?
                        • IIRC his luck didn't run out...
                          • I know that's the lore but what really
                • Agreed that relying on one autopilot is
                • backup
        • On the other hand...
          • That's how I got my Icom M604
        • Unrealistic
    • Everything was said right here: "Management these days has a very short sighted view"
      • Tek 453
        • Tektronics scopes...
  • Do you expect this from other things?
    • Mark, excelent points. You're totally
    • Incoherent rants are a thing of mine
      • That was quite coherent . . . !!
      • I don't mean to argue with you