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Old 05-22-2009, 07:31 PM   #15
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Question Things Are Not What They Seem...

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Originally Posted by jonfinn View Post
"...I'm very much a fan of "heads-up" boating too...!"
Dittoes—obvious from my post.

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"...Even with the most sophisticated hardware, there is no substitute for personal knowledge...If you have a problem, have it at the slowest speed possible..."
Really good advice. A good ¼-square-mile+ area near Carry Beach is great sightseeing for scary huge boulders just under the surface.

(Called "glacial erratics").

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"...Unfortunately APS...blah...blah...blah...only reading what you want to..."
The article was posted at BoaterEd.com: I'm certain they didn't intend to deceive its readers. Both GAO and USAF say the same thing—it's a spitting match between two government agencies!



The OP wants to spend the money on GPS: All I'm saying is to eyeball the weather and to eyeball any interruptions—whether they are granite or fiberglass.

GPS can't be relied upon to tell the whole story!

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