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Radar overlay on charts work perfectly South of the US border 
In Response To: As long as you are in the US Radar and chart over lays work ()
Although not in the same manner as North of the border. Using it to get one's bearings and perspective on reality vs charts is just as important to us.
Mark
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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
- Radar overlay on charts work perfectly South of the US border
- Radar overlay on charts work perfectly South of the US border
- 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