Joe I was going to say the same. Years ago Practical Sailor tested radar reflectors and those type tested poorly. Consider it a blessing now you can get a proper one.
Mike PERSUASION C&C 37 K/CB Long Sault > On May 21, 2018, at 11:27 AM, Joe Della Barba via CnC-List > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > Besides for everything else, those "reflectors" don't actually do anything > involving reflecting radar. > > Joe > > Coquina > > C&C 35 MK I > >> On 5/21/2018 10:14 AM, robert via CnC-List wrote: >> That is a possibility, but not a probably.....the reflector was on the lower >> port shroud....there was no one in front of or behind me and no sign of >> anything that might have hit the mast or either the port or starboard side. >> >> But that is what one of my marina neighbors suggested in jest!!! >> >> Rob >> >>> On 2018-05-21 10:50 AM, Frederick G Street via CnC-List wrote: >>> Any of your neighbors doing some target practice with their 12-gauge >>> shotgun? :^) >>> >>> Fred Street -- Minneapolis >>> S/V Oceanis (1979 C&C Landfall 38) -- on the hard in Bayfield, WI :^( >>> >>>> On May 21, 2018, at 8:46 AM, robert via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Just finished a sail on Saturday p.m., started the motor and was standing >>>> in the cockpit with my back facing the bow when I heard a loud noise, what >>>> sounded like a 12 gauge gun go off behind me......felt something hit me in >>>> the back, turned around and saw 5 - 6 square pieces of aluminum on the >>>> deck and on the cockpit sole.....scared the heck out of me.....for a >>>> moment, had no idea what had just happened. >>>> >>>> Looked up to check things aloft and noticed my radar reflector (cylinder >>>> shaped) which I had attached to my lower shroud with four (4) zip ties (2 >>>> each top and bottom)......had been doing that for a dozen years with no >>>> issues....and it was gone....all gone....nothing left attached to the >>>> shroud.....not the two black end pieces of the reflector or any of the 4 >>>> plastic zip ties.....only thing(s) that remained were 6 pieces of the >>>> aluminum from inside the reflector that fell down.....the rest must of >>>> went overboard. >>>> >>>> I have never heard of this happening, ever......the radar reflector simply >>>> exploded. And it was not full of water which might have expanded >>>> because some years ago when I took it off the boat in the Fall, there was >>>> a little water in it so I drilled a 3/16" hole in one side which always >>>> then became the 'bottom' when attaching to the shroud in the Spring. >>>> >>>> Has this ever happened to anyone else? >>>> >>>> Can anyone explain how a cylinder type radar reflector can explode like >>>> mine did? >>>> >>>> Rob Abbott >>>> AZURA >>>> C&C 32 - 84 >>>> Halifax, N.S. >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> >>> Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and >>> every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use >>> PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray >>> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and >> every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use >> PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray >> > > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and > every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray >
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