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Probably want to keep away from these guys.
Great Pacific Race launches from Monterey - MontereyHerald.com :
Great Pacific Race launches from Monterey - MontereyHerald.com :
Seven boats--4 people per boat. The promoter raised $660,000+ to stage this event. In my view, this is the type event that should be required to buy insurance to cover the costs of rescue/recovery for those that fail in their efforts (and I suspect many, if not most, will). No?Probably want to keep away from these guys.
Great Pacific Race launches from Monterey - MontereyHerald.com :
I doubt all of the Singlehanded Transpac boats are transmitting AIS. Why should the onus of doing so be on the fully-crewed rowers? At least they'll have some on watch 24/7...The Single-handed Trans Pac starts in a little over two weeks. Hope those little boats are transmitting AIS.
Well, time will tell, of course... But I'm not sure what makes an event such as this inherently more foolhardy than a race like the Singlehanded Transpac, for example. Is a crew of 4 rowing to Hawaii in a highly specialized boat built specifically for that purpose really all that more 'foolish' than a singlehander racing a boat like a Capri 25 over the same patch of ocean?Seven boats--4 people per boat. The promoter raised $660,000+ to stage this event. In my view, this is the type event that should be required to buy insurance to cover the costs of rescue/recovery for those that fail in their efforts (and I suspect many, if not most, will). No?
(Alternately, participants could forswear rescue efforts on their behalf making/perhaps naming the event a "Darwinian Challenge" event.)
Yes, you're right. I was just thinking about how hard it would be to see a small rowboat out there, but that's really no different than some of those 25-footers that are sailing to Hawaii. Small vessel and/or single-hand, I'd want to transmit AIS, because only then do you light up the display in the wheel house of those big ships; whereas if you call them, it's much harder to be seen and maybe even acknowledged. Anyway, wasn't trying to burden anyone with too much technology.I doubt all of the Singlehanded Transpac boats are transmitting AIS. Why should the onus of doing so be on the fully-crewed rowers? At least they'll have some on watch 24/7...![]()
We all paint a vision in our head of what it is like in the wheel house of the big ships we pass. Most people apparently see Tom Hanks along with a couple of highly intelligent young proteges trying to impress the master by not taking their eyes off the screen.Small vessel and/or single-hand, I'd want to transmit AIS, because only then do you light up the display in the wheel house of those big ships; whereas if you call them, it's much harder to be seen and maybe even acknowledged. Anyway, wasn't trying to burden anyone with too much technology.