|
Just like when I fly, VFR. No IFR rating no go, should be same in boats, I don't care how lucky you have been so far but not only are you a danger to yourself but every other boat as well.
Fog sucks. There has been a lot of sea sense lost with all the new electronics from GPS to affordable radar. When I worked on the charterboat all we had was a flasher, compass and cb radio. Skippers would often meet in the morning and discuss the cloud formations, wind and tide times and decide on the feasibility of the trip by "sniffing the weather".
The guy I worked for paid close attention to water color when caught in a fog and his compass for which he had detailed times and headings written down in a book of distances from landmark to landmark and bouy to bouy for all of Cape Cod Bay and Stellwagen that was always at the helm. He would dead reckon his last position he was at when the fog closed in and get out that book, set the course and by his watch, compass, studying the water color and rpms get us home 99% of the time with uncanny accuracy.
Wonder how many do that just in case your radar or gps happens to freak out while on the water in a fog?
|