Refilling a compass - Striper Talk Striped Bass Fishing, Surfcasting, Boating

BigPete · 10-04-2007, 07:13 PM

Van, you have no business being out there in pea soup with just a plotter either. It's dangerous business these days of big boats with auto pilots, barges and other boaters that think they can steam along in the fog because they know where THEY are. Last year I was on Stellwagen when the fog rolled in and had a close encounter with a container ship that SILENTLY came across my bow and disappeared just as stealthily. It scared the %$%$%$%$e out of me, my wife and oldest daughter who were also onboard. I vowed that I would curtail my offshore trips and inshore foggy day trips until I put out for a radar. I had a top fabricated and put a Furuno 1623 on it this spring. It cost a bundle but I can safely fish many more days now. I had way too many close encounters in the fog.

Van · 10-05-2007, 07:43 AM

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Originally Posted by BigPete

Van, you have no business being out there in pea soup with just a plotter either. It's dangerous business these days of big boats with auto pilots, barges and other boaters that think they can steam along in the fog because they know where THEY are. Last year I was on Stellwagen when the fog rolled in and had a close encounter with a container ship that SILENTLY came across my bow and disappeared just as stealthily. It scared the %$%$%$%$e out of me, my wife and oldest daughter who were also onboard. I vowed that I would curtail my offshore trips and inshore foggy day trips until I put out for a radar. I had a top fabricated and put a Furuno 1623 on it this spring. It cost a bundle but I can safely fish many more days now. I had way too many close encounters in the fog.

Maybe so, but I know the commuter boat route and stay well off to the side of it. This area is inside so those are the only boats to really worry about. We did have about 100'-200' visibility, if it was zero things would have been different.

That said,,,do I take moderate risks?? HELL YES... I've even been know to run with scissors.....If I end up taking a dirt nap after saying that , feel free to have it chipped on my headstone....

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BigPete · 10-05-2007, 04:10 PM

A couple of hundred feet makes all the difference...I thought you were in the pea soup we had down here. My point was that it has become a dangerous place out there in the fog especially so with guys who are steaming around on auto pilot or going too fast with just a plotter. Where you were is no big deal but if you were in Presidents Roads

you would be chum these days.

Van · 10-08-2007, 11:18 AM

OK got a look finally. Its an Aquameter, which I find is gone out of business and has been sold to Rule Industries.

It might be easier to just buy a new one.

I found a link to Viking repair in Kingston MA. on the website.

likwid · 10-08-2007, 12:37 PM

Van,

Call Rule and see if they'll just give you a new one.

Van · 10-25-2007, 09:17 AM

Well this issue is resolved because when I went to get it out. It was freakin cemented into place, and it basically exploded when I forced it out.
Oil everywhere !!!

I just threw it in the trash...
Found some nice Ritchies for ~80 bucks. But they are larger than the existing hole. So either I find a smaller one that will fit, or get the rotozip out again...

Thanks just the same.