“What’s that mountain goat doing up here?” (IIRC credit to Gary Larson)
The sailing equivalent may be “is that seagull standing on something?” Back in the 70’s I was helping deliver a C&C 39 the night before a local race. As we neared the Des Moines (south of Seattle) marina I went below to use the head. The crew on deck decided to take a short cut to the marina entrance (alcohol may have been a factor). As I was sitting on the head I heard a strange noise… sounds like sand… then we ran aground on the sand bar just north of the marina. Fortunately the tide was rising and we could motor off easily. The bottom of the keel was now nicely sanded. Martin DeYoung Calypso 1971 C&C 43 Seattle [Description: Description: cid:D1BF9853-22F7-47FB-86F2-4115CE0BAF2F] From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Della Barba, Joe via CnC-List Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2015 6:58 AM To: 'cnc-list@cnc-list.com' Subject: Re: Stus-List Volvo Reef Grounding Report Yes – CFIT. CFIT was reduced when the GPWS system was developed. This is basically a depth finder for airplanes with an alarm for rising terrain. It used radar instead of sound to measure height. It worked great on gradually rising ground – a cliff not so much. Now we have TAWS which uses GPS and a terrain map. This can predict in advance what you might hit, which is much better. My S-H plotter I have got but not yet installed has a similar function to set an alarm if your course goes through shallow water. I haven’t yet tried that function. This is a sample of a modern GPS driven display: https://n999za.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/sv-d1000_straight_on.jpg From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Dennis C. via CnC-List Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2015 9:31 AM To: Ronald B. Frerker; CnClist Subject: Re: Stus-List Volvo Reef Grounding Report Isn't the FAA phrase for that "controlled flight into terrain"? Dennis C. On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 11:18 PM, Ronald B. Frerker via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com<mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> wrote: Airplanes only get grounded on mountains though. Ron Wild Cheri C&C 30-1 STL ________________________________ From: Burt Stratton via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com<mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> To: sam.c.sal...@gmail.com<mailto:sam.c.sal...@gmail.com>; cnc-list@cnc-list.com<mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2015 4:29 PM Subject: Re: Stus-List Volvo Reef Grounding Report That kind of mistake REALLY hurts in an airplane _______________________________________________ Email address: CnC-List@cnc-list.com<mailto:CnC-List@cnc-list.com> To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the bottom of page at: http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com
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