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I knew the Deatons quite well and remember when the lobster boat t-boned them
In Response To: Both boats with fully operational radar. That's disturbing. 
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() They saw the lobster boat on radar but assumed it would turn. When it didn't it was too late to get their Hinckley 51 out of the way. Lobster boat was said to be making about 20 knots.
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- Modern ship captains: Do you look at AIS or Radar?
- I don't know about where you're going, Jon; but
- Pangas don't use AIS and neither do
- You're no modern ship captain, then Steve.
- I remember hearing this one unfold on VHF
- I remember as well..
- Both boats with fully operational radar. That's disturbing.
- I knew the Deatons quite well and remember when the lobster boat t-boned them
- I always hope for wind in thick fog
- I've been thick fog with lobster boats roaring from pot to pot
- Me too. Sailing will save you. If you can't, just slow down.
- I would like to read the story but I refuse
- That's my point. "of little use" is better
- I remember hearing this one unfold on VHF
- You're no modern ship captain, then Steve.
- I don't know that COLREGS have changed but...
- AIS first and maybe foremost
- You can't assume large ships will always show up on AIS
- Turned my radar on today for the first time since the launch day test
- I don't know where you are, but I can tell you this. In the Gulf ICW, beween Galveston Tex and New Orleans La