[Rhodes22-list] GPS, ---Ed

[Michel Meltzer]

Radar is overkill, but mostly due to price, size and power draw. -mjm

> -----Original Message-----
> From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org [mailto:rhodes22-list-
> bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Daniel Bodnar
> Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2006 10:15 AM
> To: The Rhodes 22 mail list
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] GPS, ---Ed
> 
> Ed,
> 
> I think you are missing a point ... although I'm going to defend two.
> 
> When I buy a new car, I option all the latest safety equipment, but
I'm
> not planning for an accident.  I'm spending the bucks on all that
extra
> equipment, so that if there is an accident, and if some one should get
> hurt, I will know that we had the best chance of survival available at
the
> time.
> 
> Now I've been lucky, I've been out in fog only once, and we decided
that
> we would go out anyway to experience it.   It was an excellent
learning
> experience, not necessarily a good day sailing.  We took precautions,
by
> sailing in relatively shallow water, (an R22 advantage) to stay out of
the
> way of faster more powerful boats.  As I said, a learning experience;
> which, I'm sure, will make us better prepared to handle fog when we
are
> out on that clear sunny day in the middle of lake Erie and the fog
just
> closes in.  At that time I will want the best equipment available, and
I
> will want a GPS to confirm my position and help me make decisions
should I
> be near the shipping channels.  If radar was practical on an R22, I'd
have
> it.  However, I've just read about a radio transponder system that
> commercial vessels are required to use, and monitoring it with a
MAPPING
> GPS attached, sounds like a more reliable method of identifying big
ships
> in the area.  As I said the best equipment available.
> 
> The second point:  Boys and their toys.  Some of us take pride in our
> skills and accomplishments, in a minimalist fashion, and others of us
get
> great enjoyment in pressing buttons and watching little teeny boxes do
> magic  that wasn't even possible with a room full of computers using
Kilo-
> watts of power, a few short years ago.
> 
> Dan Bodnar
> S/V QOL (Quality of Life)
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> >From: Tootle <ekroposki at charter.net>
> >Sent: Feb 12, 2006 9:41 AM
> >To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
> >Subject: [Rhodes22-list] GPS, Wally, Mary Lou, big spenders
> >
> >
> >     The GPS is great, but how much GPS is necessary?  Is external
> antenna
> >     necessary on a Rhodes 22?  A good hand held is all that is
> necessary.
> >     The big bucks some want to spend for color wide screen
chartplotter
> is
> >utter waste.
> >
> >     Wally do you have a mount with external antenna for your kayak?
> >     For night sailing on Lake Hartwell we do not have one
lighthouse,
> >especially
> >     not Michael's ten lighthouses.  Shipping channels?  Yea we have
a
> main
> >     channel but as Rummy will tell you about an affair with the
Carver,
> >they
> >     are the ones on autopilot, not the small boats.
> >
> >     These newbies maybe should learn their boat before they sail in
fog,
> at
> >night
> >      or navigate at night or potentially foul weather far from home
> port.
> >By that time
> >      the gear will be outdated.
> >
> >      As for that Maine sailor who navigates around icebergs to his
> island
> >retreat, his fellow
> >      Eskimos did it in kayaks without GPS.   Maybe he should
consider
> >Eskimo day camp?
> >
> >      Those worried about getting struck need one of those radar
units
> with
> >hazard
> >      approching warning attached to good klaxon.  You know like on a
> >submarine, dive, dive!
> >      Listen here:
>
>http://www.classic-car-accessories.co.uk/acatalog/soundtklaxonred.html
> >      (Those units are available, but might have a large battery
draw,
> where
> >is that spread sheet.)
> >
> >Ed K
> >Greenville, SC, USA
> >
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