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Old 02-14-2013, 12:45 PM   #47
JAT
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Vessel Name: Just a Tinch
Vessel Model: Gulfstar 44 MC
Join Date: Jan 2010
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My radar scope is at the lower helm station.... I normally operate from above on the flybridge... We left out of Charleston, SC with another boat...making an overnight offshore jump to Mayport/Jax FL ..... We were about 50 miles south of the outer marker for Charleston when a fog bank rolled....we were in fog for about 14 hours... After seeing a fool running at high speed..obviously with no radar almost broadside our friends, they saw the fool coming from the port side....and stopped dead. The fool just missed them by a couple of feet.... And it was good being able to see the commercial traffic....just wasn't sure if my radar would pick up a boomer coming out of St Mary's.....

You can argue to and fro...but having a radar, knowing how to use it...is an additional layer of safety when things get dicey weather wise .....
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