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Originally Posted by Hooper
A number of years ago, I think it was 1996. I worked for a skipper on occassion from Chatham. He is a ledgendary charter skipper in Chatham and has been for a number of years. He was fishing a rip in the fog as he had done ten thousand times before when a yahoo in a large Hatteras came roaring through the fog at full cruise and literally ran him over. Killed one member of the charter and a second lost him leg as a result. To me, that is absolutely terrifying. I know for the Captain it was the darkest day of his life. It is on all of us to take the time to be prepared and to be safe on the water, not just for our lives but for the others around us.
Great decision getting an epirb. I bought one a few years ago when I wanted to go offshore for tuna. I wouldn't go without one. I got around the cost issue by asking myself, "If my boat sank out from underneath me 40 miles offshore in the fog, how much would I pay to have an epirb with me then?"
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radar reflector
radar reflector
radar reflector
anything short of a hatteras with a giant superstructure won't show up on radar.
i've done a myriad of trips coming into and out of chesapeake bay and every charter boat/wahoo/idiot/whathaveyou without a radar reflector in a boat under 35 feet either showed up as a tiny blip (that could be confused with a channel marker)
OR DID NOT SHOW UP AT ALL esp the guys in 18-25 foot CC's. you don't show up. your TTop is not a radar reflector.
it does not show up.
also not all reflectors are created equally.