Will I get good sleep with a radar?

[chef2sail]

So quick to judge....attack...attack...attack. Why hear all the facts. Guilty as e mailed, without even asking a clarifying question.

Take your dog. Hes your companion and best friend. Have patience as he adjusts to life on the water. Least when you are singlehanding you will have something alive to talk to you looks at you and wags its tail vs Wilson the volleyball.

[2Gringos]

Hey! Wilson has feelings, too, you know!

[smackdaddy]

Originally Posted by chef2sail

So quick to judge....attack...attack...attack. Why hear all the facts. Guilty as e mailed, without even asking a clarifying question.

Take your dog. Hes your companion and best friend. Have patience as he adjusts to life on the water. Least when you are singlehanding you will have something alive to talk to you looks at you and wags its tail vs Wilson the volleyball.

That seems to be SD's MO. He's kind of like that grumpy old dude that hangs out in his front yard and gripes at every passerby.

As for your other advice on sailingdogs, chef...+1. Just always keep a volleyball and a sharpie handy as backup.

Enjoy your sailing and your pup Akin.

[sailingdog]

You're one to talk. 99% of your posts are just stirring **** up... you rarely, if ever post anything of any substance or real use to anyone here. STFU asshat.

Originally Posted by smackdaddy

That seems to be SD's MO. He's kind of like that grumpy old dude that hangs out in his front yard and gripes at every passerby.

As for your other advice on sailingdogs, chef...+1. Just always keep a volleyball and a sharpie handy as backup.

Enjoy your sailing and your pup Akin.

[chef2sail]

I appreciate saildogs inputs...we all can be grumpy or opinionated sometimes (sic). Hope to meet up with the"dog" this summer when we travel to New England

Dave

[smackdaddy]

Originally Posted by sailingdog

You're one to talk. 99% of your posts are just stirring **** up... you rarely, if ever post anything of any substance or real use to anyone here. STFU asshat.

Dog, really, 99%? I'm going to need to see the calcs on that, pal. Heh-heh. Anyway that stirring thing is so last year. Now it's almost never over 1%.

Chef, I honestly appreciate his inputs too - especially the (sic) ones. I was just giving him a hard time for being too quick to judge and jumping the dude.

I mean, we now have an entire DOG THREAD dedicated to the cruelty of taking mutts on a nice sail. Oops...I hope I didn't point his wrath that way. Sorry DG.

Anyway, I think I'm going to name my new shihtzu "Asshat". Has a nice ring to it.

[hellosailor]

Dogs at sea, cruel?
I would note that the Newfoundland dogs, which are the same size as St. Bernards (120# being common but 200# not being unknown), were breed as working SEA dogs and kept on ships as valuable crew. Somehow...they managed to deal with it for weeks and months at a time, so it can be done. And isn't necessarily cruel.

"I'd also point out that radar will not spot many hazards, like a partially submersed log, deadhead or shipping container... and if you hit one at any speed, you're probably going to be abandoning ship."
Guys, can any of you honestly say that you can SEE those hazards at night? I don't think sleeping while under way, with no watch, is a great idea. But even with the eyes of a bat, I sometimes can't see **** in the water on a moonless night. Deadheads and floaters are going ot be invisible to both radar and eyes alike, and nifty thoughts like forward-looking sonar are still just a bit ahead of workable concepts on small craft.

Sleep deprivation studies for the last 40 years have all indicated one 5-6 hour sleep period every 24 hours is necessary for the average human being to maintain alertness, and 8-9 hours (9, yes!) necessary for most folks to function at their peak. If you need to make a passage and stay up for 36 hours, or take catnaps for three days...you can function, but you won't be functioning well if your shirt doesn't have the big red "S" on the chest.

[2Gringos]

We certainly plan to take our JRT cruising with us. He'll adapt. He's smart enough to be trained, and between the two of us owners, we think we are smart enough to train him.