Recent content by rardoin

As mentioned, a spotting scope would not be practical on a boat as it will need a tripod and even tied to a dock the motion would have the object slewing around/out of the field of view. Hand holding a monocular scope the size of your average (worth having spotter) scope would make handheld use...

Hmmm. What is your budget? What do you want out of the scope? My land based recreational love is long range rifle competition where we most commonly are shooting 600 or 1000yds at score ring targets. A spotting scope is a critical piece of gear as it is used to score for your competitors by...

Reliable is...reliable. Used them twice for High end autos.

Their systems are quite scalable. I would suggest the 'Lite' series as they are self contained and do not require a belt worn transmitter/receiver. The Lite is quite powerful; I have maintained communications with team members over 150yds away. The Lite system will allow 4 slave headsets to...

I use Eartech muffs for a team competition that requires utmost reliability and simplicity in operation as well as battery life. I have a 5 headset system and it works perfectly. Buy once, cry once ;)

I had a 29' SeaVee built about 20 years ago. The builder suggested either twin 200hp 4 stroke Yammy's or Merc Optimax's. I asked him what he would put on it if it were his boat and he said the Optimax's. Knowing him and several Key's guides that ran his boats I, and my co-owner father, chose...

I've used this on all our center consoles up to 29' with 20 feet of 5/16 chain/20lb or so Danforth. We've also used it in 150+ feet of water on a Luhrs 34 with 50ft of 5/16 chain and a CQR (35-40lbs?). Worked great on the bigger boat also. Our ball needed to be a little bigger as it was only...

I certainly would not "round the horn, do the northwest passage" in the very low aspect ratio commercial near coastal trawler depicted in the OP. I'll chose a properly designed for the mission GRP boat over the 'mini' trawler...no question.

The story of "Aunt Jemima"/ history of the brand will put the post you find so enlightening in a different context. The family may feel a little slighted by the 'woke' movement. Now back to our regularly scheduled programming....:)

Earned a little alphabet soup behind my name. LOL. Painful but worth it. :)

Same here….80-‘95 Geaux Tigers!

I presume Group9 was referring to land mass. ?? Windward and Leeward islands.

I have double ear for extra hearing protection needed for the current purpose (we use high dB attenuation foamies inserted deeply under these minimally protective muffs). When the time comes for the boat I will likely purchase some single ear sets so we can hear ambient sounds.

I have a 5 place set of Ear-Tec BT wireless duplex full muffs that I use for our long range rifle team comms. They have been in use for 5 years now and have been flawless. I do have a complete set of duplicate batteries as we cannot afford a failure mid match. The batteries are easily swapped...

The Rigolets is easy; well marked, wide and deep. The tide will run hard but only slowing your progress if in opposition. Timing your transit to be in the direction of the flow will be a great advantage at displacement speed however. I have been through there in both sailboats under power and...