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Old 12-29-2018, 12:08 PM   #47
River Cruiser
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Vessel Name: Northern Lights II
Vessel Model: Bayliner 3870
Join Date: Jan 2013
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I’ve been on the rivers, upper mis and Illinois, the lakes to Detroit without radar and with. Radar is a safety requirement imho if you’re going to be out at night and that can happen if you get held up at locks waiting on a tow. Closures on the river for one reason or another can cause after dark running to get past instead of waiting the next day for it to open. AIS shows the tows your location and you theirs but it won’t show the barges in the fleeting areas with no lights. Fog on Lake Michigan I’ve seen last all day, on the river it is usually burnt off mid morning. I ran radar after mounting it every time I went out to better understand what I was seeing on the display, I have a 4kw Si-Tex open array with a 12” Standard Horizon display at each helm along with a 7” on the flybridge. If I was buying new I would go with Furuno or Si-Tex either of which can had pretty reasonable.
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