Refugio, Keith,
Certainly I remember you.
I am still around and thanks for the kind words.
The teak deck article is out there, get requests for it, literally, every month since I did away with my web page. I will send to you if you like along with a list of 100+ comments.
No, I cannot take credit for the filter suggestion, they really seem to work great from all reports.
About aft visibility, so many on this list, and I have been GUILTY as well, pipe up with opinions that are limited to their particular experience that my be very limited in nature.
As has now been determined in this thread it is REALLY IMPORTANT! On the Gulf of Mexico coast (northern sector) fast crew boats, oh 150-200 feet in length, running fully loaded at 30plus mph can come up behind you, can you say FAST. Some will slow but even then the wake can be HUGE. Knowing one is there is well, beneficial to one's well being. As always, YMMV
Rear view mirrors work on some boats, I have seen them on more than a few trawler types. In my boat I could lean over without getting up and look back through the entry way to the p/h through the length of the salon out the rear salon doors----that is why they were generally open even tho they had glass panes in them.
Hey Susan, why not sign your name over the automatic signature box? That is what I do and my wife, as we have a signature box appended to every e mail that we send that has both names and info.
On this list I still sign CCC, even though the box is automatic, just a thought.
Certainly I remember you.
I am still around and thanks for the kind words.
The teak deck article is out there, get requests for it, literally, every month since I did away with my web page. I will send to you if you like along with a list of 100+ comments.
No, I cannot take credit for the filter suggestion, they really seem to work great from all reports.
About aft visibility, so many on this list, and I have been GUILTY as well, pipe up with opinions that are limited to their particular experience that my be very limited in nature.
As has now been determined in this thread it is REALLY IMPORTANT! On the Gulf of Mexico coast (northern sector) fast crew boats, oh 150-200 feet in length, running fully loaded at 30plus mph can come up behind you, can you say FAST. Some will slow but even then the wake can be HUGE. Knowing one is there is well, beneficial to one's well being. As always, YMMV
Rear view mirrors work on some boats, I have seen them on more than a few trawler types. In my boat I could lean over without getting up and look back through the entry way to the p/h through the length of the salon out the rear salon doors----that is why they were generally open even tho they had glass panes in them.
Hey Susan, why not sign your name over the automatic signature box? That is what I do and my wife, as we have a signature box appended to every e mail that we send that has both names and info.
On this list I still sign CCC, even though the box is automatic, just a thought.
) It is amazing to me just how close by people will pass us. We've gotten rocked pretty hard several times. It is nice to have that few seconds notice from having glanced back and seen them coming--gives us a chance to prepare for the ride we are about to get from their wake!! 
But to each his own--probably (like so many things) very much depends on where you boat.
