Recent content by dbaoter

See ya on the water. Cruising is an absolute wonderful way of life.

Long Range Crui Remember the 20 meter rule. Many countries require a pilot. There is a charge. We have been cruising a 60' steel trawler over 20 years now. Long Rane twin engines. When we we were building the boat, lots of "friends" told us they visit for a week or two. Too include our...

There were reports of theft of stuff off boats in Juneau, AK last summer.

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Have a sixty foot, trawler. Have lost count of the single handed voyages. The one issue is docking. Good weather Ok. As for for piloting, this has not been an issue. Looking to go again, soon. Enjoy your boat. It's what you are comfortable with

Great toy. We had one for some fifteen years. It went with the vessel when sold. One suggestion, bolt a hand rail to the center console. Run in front from side to side of the consol six inches out, and another eight inches above the consol. Will make your time onboard that much safer.

Swing the compass, old fashioned compass, old way to do so. Modern ships still this maneuver regularly

As of yesterday, 03292020, going to your boat in Canada, is a no go.

Interested in your ideas. Will be traveling smong crab pots soon. Robert

In addition to the helicopter?

Before you all make comments, take a moment to consider the situation, weather, currents, maybe the bridge environment. You are not able to move a 100,000 tons on a whim. Do you always make great docking all the time. The other side: the damage was well above the watet line, temporary...

Rear view camera Years ago , a rearward facing camera was instalked on the MV Odyssey. Turned out to be a security camera, wide angle, good during daylight hour only. The wide angle lens showed large ships the rest not really seen until until they were passing you. This was not...

Radar I have no idea how many hours my FURUNO RADAR has. It's a four foot open array unit, twenty years old. Engine hr 5800. We turn the RADAR unit on when leavinvg port. Will turn off when arriving next port. We learned the vommercial people leave their RADAR units on all the time. This...

Welcome to a life style. It's the best. One comment after reading the above. Have a talk, with Rosepoint. They are a electronic navigation company. The ideas and information keeps coming. See ya around.

Radar for the Great Loop Yes, the are areas where you offshore, on the Lakes, or in the middle of a large Bay. You will at night, in fog, and "bad" weather. Radar is great for watching storms headed your way on the various canals and ICW. Enjoy