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Old 10-26-2015, 04:21 PM   #129
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It comes down to using good, sound judgement. That's what the USCG really cares about and what your insurer cares about. Even what courts care about. If you're out running offshore at night then you better be using your radar and anything else you can use. If you're doing a day trip on the ICW you better be keeping your eye on the water and all the boats that you can see just by looking, because one or more of those boats may do something crazy and you won't be warned of that by a radar. Then if there happen to be a few water skiers or boarders or PWC's, concentrating on what is in front of you becomes even more critical. The most disconcerting situation I can recall recently is a Whaler pulling someone on a tube across right in front of us. The Whaler cleared easily, but if the person on the tube had gotten tossed off, only our attention would have prevented harm.
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