Quote:
Originally Posted by jrc
"...You have to be a fool not to use all the tools you have, none of them are perfect, all of them can give you false data once in awhile, even your own eyes..."
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While in Long Island Sound's notorious fog, I've had occasion to stop altogether and use my
ears. Though what I heard was actually traffic noise along the shoreline, I thought it was
surf along the shoreline. (No matter, my location was then plotted to suit the shoreline).
I've learned to develop and to trust my senses and among
all the senses—to trust my eyes the most.
One example of
using those senses was just last Tuesday: Totally unexpected, I smelled cigar smoke wafting off a calm, quiet, and empty lake.
I turned upwind and there—about ˝-mile away—was an oversized cruiser at anchor!
Quote:
Originally Posted by VtSteve
"...It's equally dangerous to either fixate your eyes on a screen while piloting a boat as it is to have your eyes peeled dead ahead, with no regard to the port or starboard viewpoints..."
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I'm at a loss to describe
any Jet-Skis or bass boats running onto Winnipesaukee shorelines—
especially as their number is so large here!
Bass boats in particular run in dim morning fog: Because of the nature of their respective helms,
they are focused dead-ahead all the time.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mink Islander
"...the only question here is whether she was legally impaired by alcohol..."
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In taking that first drop of alcohol, the first casualty will always be Judgment.
Quote:
Originally Posted by codeman671
"...that island would have been pitch black..."
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It's because of that fact that I proposed that docks be fitted with a blue-colored solar light—right here at the forum in 2005.
There
was, of course, the usual skepticism:
http://www.winnipesaukee.com/forums/...48&postcount=5
I wonder how this skepticism plays out
this June?
Point being: Even at the darkest hour—in fog—on a lake—in June—and with the moon in the night sky, the sky overhead will provide a lighter contrast against which to silhouette shorelines.
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