[Rhodes22-list] Toys for Rhodes

[Bill Effros]

Mark,

The cost of night vision scopes has come down to the point where I plan to get a pair of these, also.  However since I spend 99% of my time sailing in daylight, I will probably get the stabilizing binoculars first.

You need different things on different boats.  On our slow boats, near shore navigating, you can save a lot of time if you can see the number on a buoy from farther away.

Sailing off-shore you have a different set of problems.

Bill


----- Original Message ----- 
From: Mark Kaynor 
To: The Rhodes 22 mail list 
Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2004 8:58 AM
Subject: RE: [Rhodes22-list] Toys for Rhodes


Bill,

Last week I was talking a fellow who, with his wife on a 48' steel cutter,
spent the last nine years circumnavigating. He said one of the best tools he
had aboard was a night vision scope. He used it to find marks at night, to
impress/befriend people in less developed countries, to ensure their
security by being able to see a panga full of men standing off them in the
night, and he highly recommended it for nighttime navigation.

I asked him about stabilizing binoculars and he said they're cool, but he
didn't think they were worth the money. He said he might get a pair when
they come down to about half what they cost now, but that he had plenty of
other "more important to the boat" things to spend the money on.

Mark Kaynor

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org]On Behalf Of Bill Effros
Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2004 8:43 AM
To: The Rhodes 22 mail list
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Toys for Rhodes


Actually, no.  They have come quite far down in price, and work remarkably
well.  They use the same technology used in stabilized video cameras.  Many
are made by Japanese electronics firms like Canon.  Fuji also makes them,
using a different technology.

You can get and hand hold 12X.

The only question is when to get them.  The price keeps going down.  My next
binoculars will be image stabilized.

Bill Effros


----- Original Message -----
From: Doug Mistler
To: 'The Rhodes 22 mail list'
Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2004 7:09 AM
Subject: RE: [Rhodes22-list] Toys for Rhodes


Stabilized binocs? -- they must cost almost as much as the R22, especially
brands like Steiner.

Fair winds!
--Doug

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Michael Meltzer
Sent: Monday, May 17, 2004 9:04 PM
To: The Rhodes 22 mail list
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Toys for Rhodes

the real problem is using binoculars on a 22 foot boat, they do move around
allot :-), one of these days I have to get the
stabilized pair. BTW I forgot an item on the list, a hand held "hokey puck"
compass, great for barring and nice as a backup compass.

MJM


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