[Rhodes22-list] GPS, ---Ed

[Bill Effros]

How about sonar?  To spot the subs?  Could rig a fishfinder...

Bill Effros

Michel Meltzer wrote:

>Radar is overkill, but mostly due to price, size and power draw. -mjm
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>>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
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>>Ed,
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>>I think you are missing a point ... although I'm going to defend two.
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>>When I buy a new car, I option all the latest safety equipment, but
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>>not planning for an accident.  I'm spending the bucks on all that
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>extra
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>>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
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>>time.
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>>Now I've been lucky, I've been out in fog only once, and we decided
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>>we would go out anyway to experience it.   It was an excellent
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>learning
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>>experience, not necessarily a good day sailing.  We took precautions,
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>>sailing in relatively shallow water, (an R22 advantage) to stay out of
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>>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
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>>out on that clear sunny day in the middle of lake Erie and the fog
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>>closes in.  At that time I will want the best equipment available, and
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>>will want a GPS to confirm my position and help me make decisions
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>should I
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>>be near the shipping channels.  If radar was practical on an R22, I'd
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>have
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>>it.  However, I've just read about a radio transponder system that
>>commercial vessels are required to use, and monitoring it with a
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>MAPPING
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>>GPS attached, sounds like a more reliable method of identifying big
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>ships
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>>in the area.  As I said the best equipment available.
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>>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
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>>great enjoyment in pressing buttons and watching little teeny boxes do
>>magic  that wasn't even possible with a room full of computers using
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>Kilo-
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>>watts of power, a few short years ago.
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>>Dan Bodnar
>>S/V QOL (Quality of Life)
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>>>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
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>>>    The GPS is great, but how much GPS is necessary?  Is external
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>>antenna
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>>>    necessary on a Rhodes 22?  A good hand held is all that is
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>>necessary.
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>>>    The big bucks some want to spend for color wide screen
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>chartplotter
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>>>utter waste.
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>>>    Wally do you have a mount with external antenna for your kayak?
>>>    For night sailing on Lake Hartwell we do not have one
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>lighthouse,
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>>>    not Michael's ten lighthouses.  Shipping channels?  Yea we have
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>>main
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>>>    channel but as Rummy will tell you about an affair with the
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>Carver,
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>>>they
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>>>    These newbies maybe should learn their boat before they sail in
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>fog,
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>>>night
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>>port.
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>>>By that time
>>>     the gear will be outdated.
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>>>     As for that Maine sailor who navigates around icebergs to his
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>>island
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>>>retreat, his fellow
>>>     Eskimos did it in kayaks without GPS.   Maybe he should
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>>>Eskimo day camp?
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>>>     Those worried about getting struck need one of those radar
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>>>hazard
>>>     approching warning attached to good klaxon.  You know like on a
>>>submarine, dive, dive!
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>>http://www.classic-car-accessories.co.uk/acatalog/soundtklaxonred.html
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>>>     (Those units are available, but might have a large battery
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>draw,
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>>where
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>>>is that spread sheet.)
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>>>Ed K
>>>Greenville, SC, USA
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