[Rhodes22-list] GPS, Wally, Mary Lou, big spenders

[daniel snyder]

Ah...the difference between needs and wants.  Plays out everywhere.  Isn't 
our country great?!
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tootle" <ekroposki at charter.net>
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Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2006 9:41 AM
Subject: [Rhodes22-list] GPS, Wally, Mary Lou, big spenders


>
>     The GPS is great, but how much GPS is necessary?  Is external antenna
>     necessary on a Rhodes 22?  A good hand held is all that is necessary.
>     The big bucks some want to spend for color wide screen chartplotter is
> utter waste.
>
>     Wally do you have a mount with external antenna for your kayak?
>     For night sailing on Lake Hartwell we do not have one lighthouse,
> especially
>     not Michael's ten lighthouses.  Shipping channels?  Yea we have a main
>     channel but as Rummy will tell you about an affair with the Carver,
> they
>     are the ones on autopilot, not the small boats.
>
>     These newbies maybe should learn their boat before they sail in fog, 
> at
> night
>      or navigate at night or potentially foul weather far from home port.
> By that time
>      the gear will be outdated.
>
>      As for that Maine sailor who navigates around icebergs to his island
> retreat, his fellow
>      Eskimos did it in kayaks without GPS.   Maybe he should consider
> Eskimo day camp?
>
>      Those worried about getting struck need one of those radar units with
> hazard
>      approching warning attached to good klaxon.  You know like on a
> submarine, dive, dive!
>      Listen here:
> http://www.classic-car-accessories.co.uk/acatalog/soundtklaxonred.html
>      (Those units are available, but might have a large battery draw, 
> where
> is that spread sheet.)
>
> Ed K
> Greenville, SC, USA
>
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