story.
Interesting discussion after the fact about the rules.
Bill Coleman
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FWIW from my perspective: Everyone has a moral duty to avoid collisions.
Right of way only exists when both parties agree to the rules of engagement.
No boat
Colregs rule number 2 trumps all
others. Racers sometimes forget that the colregs apply even in the
heat of a race, regardless of any "race rules" to which they may
have mutually agreed.
Meanwhile, I used to use my RADAR during good weather and
visib
. Racing starts entertain
the lee bow manuever, but few understand it, so I don't use it.
Chuck
Resolute
1990 C&C 34R
Atlantic City, NJ
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te trying to steer by the
plotter in the fog, because fog is so
disorienting and its so difficult to steer a steady course.
Rick
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ing and it's so difficult to steer
a steady course.
Rick
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*Robert Abbott
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On 2014/02/21 12:30 AM, Rick Bra
That's a great time to have an autopilot and set waypoints to one side of
marks.
Rich
> On Feb 21, 2014, at 15:45, "Rick Brass" wrote:
>
> And I hate trying to steer by the plotter in the fog, because fog is so
> disorienting and it’s so difficult to steer a steady course.
>
>
>
> Rick
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fog is
so disorienting and it's so difficult to steer a steady course.
Rick
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On 2014/02/21 12:30
be able to stop in the assured clear
distance ahead"
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*Robert Abbott
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Some years back on a friend's C&a
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Abbott
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Some years back on a friend's C&C 34R with no chartplotter or radar, we were
motoring home after a race was called for lack of wind,
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Andy:
That day in the fog, we generally knew where we were, and we knew we had to
pass several navigational buoys while motoring home, problem was we
Andy:
That day in the fog, we generally knew where we were, and we knew we had
to pass several navigational buoys while motoring home, problem was we
couldn't see past the bow, the fog was that thick. We had over 5 miles
to motor and after being on the race course for 4.5 hours in the fog and
It's my belief that much of the trouble people find themselves is due to an
over-reliance on electronics. As I mentioned earlier in the thread, I use
every nav tool available to me--including plotters and iPads--however, I
have a firm grounding in traditional navigational techniques to back them
up
I am now primarily a 'day sailor', nevertheless, every time I take the
boat out for a spin, not matter how short the excursion, I have the
Standard Horizon 175C chart plotter turned on at the helm. I use it
more from a 'safety perspective' than a 'navigation tool'.
Some years back on a friend
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