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10-06-2017, 07:40 PM
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City: Aventura FL
Vessel Name: Kinja
Vessel Model: American Tug 34 #116
Join Date: Oct 2017
Posts: 6,720
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Originally Posted by TowLou
Who knows how to please me better then me?
Hahaha!
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Yea but that rolling over and falling asleep afterwards can be a hazard to safe navigation.
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10-06-2017, 08:16 PM
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City: Carrollton, Va
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Haha yall are wrong.
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10-07-2017, 05:54 AM
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"I would hope that whomever was at the helm was keeping a proper lookout ... that's one way to pass the time on a long voyage... say after day ... week after week ..."
For a sailboat with unlimited range ,Fine,,watch the self steering operate,
BUT most powerboats do not have the fuel for a voyage" day after day or week after week",
OR the required scantlings for extended blue water operation.
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10-07-2017, 06:45 AM
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City: Punta Gorda, fl
Vessel Name: Escapade
Vessel Model: Nordic Tug 37 2002
Join Date: Jan 2015
Posts: 1,211
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Most folks don’t realize that all you have to do to pass the time is cook yourself a nice big meal. Put the boat on autopilot and lay down and take a nice nap.
https://youtu.be/mtZJ__8PVDU
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10-07-2017, 07:22 AM
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City: Ft Pierce
Vessel Name: Freedom
Vessel Model: Albin 40
Join Date: Oct 2011
Posts: 22,688
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Pgitug
Most folks don’t realize that all you have to do to pass the time is cook yourself a nice big meal. Put the boat on autopilot and lay down and take a nice nap.
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Isnt that what Joshua Slocum did when sailing around the world? 
One of those must read books for cuisers so many people suggest...... 
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10-07-2017, 08:25 AM
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City: Maine
Join Date: Oct 2017
Posts: 4
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Quote:
Originally Posted by FF
"I would hope that whomever was at the helm was keeping a proper lookout ... that's one way to pass the time on a long voyage... say after day ... week after week ..."
For a sailboat with unlimited range ,Fine,,watch the self steering operate,
BUT most powerboats do not have the fuel for a voyage" day after day or week after week",
OR the required scantlings for extended blue water operation.
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Here's an idea .... how about keeping a proper lookout no matter how long or short the voyage?
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10-07-2017, 10:05 AM
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TF Site Team
City: Chicago, IL
Vessel Name: Bay Pelican
Vessel Model: Krogen 42
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 2,994
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May be just me but I find that during the day it gets boring on open water and I read, listen to tapes or talk. Been known to work on the computer and even small repairs. By open water in this context means deep water a mile or more from land and rarely another boat. In this situation I can see another boat 15 minutes before any close approach.
At night it is different, too many things to check to ever get bored. Need to keep watching the water directly in front of the boat, the radar, the chart plotter, the gauges, the lights of other boats etc. I am usually tired after a three hour watch in the dark.
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10-07-2017, 11:18 AM
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Guru
City: Ft Pierce
Vessel Name: Freedom
Vessel Model: Albin 40
Join Date: Oct 2011
Posts: 22,688
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Many definitions of a proper lookout...
Even the colregs add "by all means appropriate in the prevailing circumstances and conditions"....so it is not an absolute.
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10-07-2017, 12:40 PM
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City: Tri Cities, WA
Vessel Name: Beachcomber
Vessel Model: Sea Ray 550 Sedan Bridge
Join Date: Nov 2012
Posts: 4,219
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I was never much of a reader until a couple of years ago when I got a Kindle Fire. Now I use it to download books for free through my local library and an online library called Overdrive.
Since I got it I've read about 350 books...all for free...and I can just delete them when I'm done with them.
When cruising I usually keep one eye on the course ahead and one eye reading.
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10-07-2017, 12:42 PM
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City: Carrollton, Va
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Proper lookout doesn't mean that's 100% all you do. It's easy to stand a proper look out.... Relax.
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10-07-2017, 12:53 PM
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Guru
City: Aventura FL
Vessel Name: Kinja
Vessel Model: American Tug 34 #116
Join Date: Oct 2017
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Quote:
Originally Posted by SaltyDawg86
Proper lookout doesn't mean that's 100% all you do. It's easy to stand a proper look out.... Relax.
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Guess it is defined differently in the US Navy.
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10-07-2017, 06:02 PM
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TF Site Team
City: Chicago, IL
Vessel Name: Bay Pelican
Vessel Model: Krogen 42
Join Date: Oct 2007
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My open water watch standing comments may be a result of how few (almost never) fast boats we see offshore. At more normal cruising speeds we can spot a boat that may come close at 5 miles or more. At 7 kts for both it takes 15 minutes to close. Plenty of time.
The freighters are faster of course, but they are rarely on the same or intercepting course of the pleasure boats. When they are we watch them like hawks. I am thankful for AIS.
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10-07-2017, 06:30 PM
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City: Carrollton, Va
Join Date: Sep 2014
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Quote:
Originally Posted by OldDan1943
Guess it is defined differently in the US Navy.
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No, that's called improper look out. I said it's not hard to stand a proper lookout, never said no such thing as an improper lookout.
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10-07-2017, 11:25 PM
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City: Gig Harbor
Vessel Name: Kinship
Vessel Model: North Pacific 43
Join Date: May 2015
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I never get bored while under way. I am doing an instrument scan, checking for traffic, listening to the VHF, keeping track of position etc... I may check in with TF, do some research on something with the boat, etc... I don’t read as I get too engrossed and it isn’t conducive to keeping an adequate watch.
12 hours under way, no problem. I love it.
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10-08-2017, 06:26 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2007
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With Murphy alarm gauges its lots easier to stand a watch , as viewing the engine instruments is not required.
Lots easier for guests too, as most know to call the captain with the Esso Maru fills the windscreen ,
but not how hot the tranny temp should be.
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10-08-2017, 07:03 AM
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Guru
City: st pete
Vessel Model: 400 Mainship
Join Date: Sep 2016
Posts: 2,667
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Comodave
Trade off taking naps with my wife.
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Who do you trade off with? 
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10-08-2017, 07:13 AM
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Guru
City: Sharon, Ma
Vessel Name: Slow Lane
Vessel Model: 2005 Silverton 35 Motoryacht
Join Date: May 2017
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bay Pelican
My open water watch standing comments may be a result of how few (almost never) fast boats we see offshore. At more normal cruising speeds we can spot a boat that may come close at 5 miles or more. At 7 kts for both it takes 15 minutes to close. Plenty of time.
The freighters are faster of course, but they are rarely on the same or intercepting course of the pleasure boats. When they are we watch them like hawks. I am thankful for AIS.
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The freighters are faster????
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10-08-2017, 07:33 AM
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City: Maryland
Vessel Model: 42' Sportfish
Join Date: Aug 2013
Posts: 5,362
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Quote:
Originally Posted by South of Heaven
The freighters are faster????
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Can't speak to what Bay Pelican was describing, but...
Around here, many of the freighters can often beat us for speed, even when we're on plane. They usually go by us at somewhere between 16-22 kts in the open Bay... so if we're puttering along at 7 knots, yep, they're much faster.
-Chris
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10-08-2017, 08:39 AM
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Guru
City: st pete
Vessel Model: 400 Mainship
Join Date: Sep 2016
Posts: 2,667
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Any one have a piano on board to occupy their time?
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10-08-2017, 09:11 AM
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City: Fort Lauderdale
Join Date: Jan 2014
Posts: 19,577
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Seevee
Any one have a piano on board to occupy their time?
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We have a keyboard and background music and karaoke equipment.
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