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As long as you are in the US Radar and chart over lays work
In Response To: I doubt my radar would pick those up 
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() pretty good. At least mine do. Once you get south of the boarder, not so much. I understand that some chart programs have better accuracy now then others and I haven't upgraded mine in a while so I can't bitch. When I went up the Napa River to Napa Valley a few years ago I was really surprised how accurate the plotter was. Too much time in Mexico I suppose. I'm with you though. I use the Radar for navigation as much as for collision avoidance.
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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
- Not concerned about pangas, fishing boats, lobster boats...
- The one thing Pangas aren't doing is keeping watch! Especially
- I doubt my radar would pick those up
- As long as you are in the US Radar and chart over lays work
- I doubt my radar would pick those up
- The one thing Pangas aren't doing is keeping watch! Especially
- Not concerned about pangas, fishing boats, lobster boats...
- 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
- 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
- I don't know about where you're going, Jon; but