I guess we'll hear eventually of any GPS involvement in this collision: It's my understanding that a GPS can record the passage it has taken.
Quote:
Originally Posted by lakershaker
"...GPS gives people a false sense of security, and when they are heads-down...even if there is radar on the boat, not all boats show on radar...I think "instument flying" at night on the lake is a huge problem, and with the proliferation of GPS, it's only going to get worse...You need your head up, your night vision..."
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Even when equipped with radar, fathometers, and incredible measures to preserve night vision, the U. S. Navy ran three ships aground one foggy winter night in Canada. Occurring within 1 mile and 10 minutes of each other, that 15-kt collision with land was the subject of the book,
Standing into Danger, by Carrie Brown. (Available at Amazon and
elsewhere.) The two smallest ships were of the Navy's
Destroyer class!
When Googling the book's availability, results included
night-vision (Coast Guard
.pdf files), and then to
invention. The Dutch have apparently invented night-vision
imagery that makes night appear as though "shot in broad daylight"—
in full color!
Will technology introduce still another screen to the helm that will make "heads-up" night boating obsolete?
What a concept!
