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Which is EXACTLY the reason when I was sailing across the Great Bahama Bank, Bimiini to NW Channel Light I shifted
In Response To: I mean to add . . . 
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() my course 1 mile SOUTH of the course given in the Explorer charts- had two of those "whatevers" pass me some 50 feet away, obviously running that nice course, on autopilot.
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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 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
- When I click the link it goes directly to the BDN story.
- The first link did, the second elicited two answers . SO here's the "text" copied for Jeremy.
- Thanks, SG. I like this part . . .
- I mean to add . . .
- Which is EXACTLY the reason when I was sailing across the Great Bahama Bank, Bimiini to NW Channel Light I shifted
- I mean to add . . .
- Thanks, SG. I like this part . . .
- When I click the link it goes directly to the BDN story.
- 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