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Originally Posted by KeelHaulin
...You still are responsible for keeping an adequate watch; and the only way to do this while I can think of while singlehanded is to set a Radar with proximity sensing capability/alarm (MARPA) to do a sweep every 5 minutes or so to check the area for approaching boats or ships.
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Too many recreational powerboats and sailboats would not show up on the radar for my comfort... at least in a coastal situation, since many of them do not fly a radar reflector, and fiberglass boats—both power and sail—are notoriously bad radar targets.
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New England
You know what the first rule of sailing is? ...Love. You can learn all the math in the 'verse, but you take
a boat to the sea you don't love, she'll shake you off just as sure as the turning of the worlds. Love keeps
her going when she oughta fall down, tells you she's hurting 'fore she keens. Makes her a home.
—Cpt. Mal Reynolds, Serenity (edited)
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