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Old 05-09-2013, 08:57 AM   #9
BobH
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City: Montgomery, TX
Vessel Name: Encore
Vessel Model: Whitby 42
Join Date: Feb 2012
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Made the trip both ways but in a sailboat. Once in the oil rig area we stayed in the fairways. I wouldn't trust radar to pick up some of the structures.

On both trips while out in the open water we encountered a survey ship, at night of course, towing sonar buoys behind them on mile long cables. Both times they hailed us on VHF and gave course corrections to avoid the cables and buoys.

Bob
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