Phil Stanton wrote:
> The point is that here in the UK we have very congested shipping
> lanes. I have just been over to France for a couple of weeks, and
> crossing the English Channel there were well over 40 ships (Big
> B*ggers) in the shipping lanes. I get the information of what they
> are up to (course, speed, destination, name etc) from my AIS "radar"
> and then can take the neccessary avoiding action. Visibility was a
> couple of miles, and with closing speeds of 25 knts, I had to make
> course alterations to avoid 3 of them and also had to talk to one of
> them to check his intentions. That is why I can sit down below at the
> chart table putting routes in to the computer and checking pilot
> books and tides etc, and have all that information clearly in front
> of me when at the helm. I don't particularly want to mess around with
> routes in an open cockpit when it is p*ssing down with rain and cold.
> OK we do sometimes get a couple of sunny days in England. You have
> said the screen size of your Garmin is too small, so that is why I
> would like a 12" screen
>
>
Phil,
You have my sympathy, particularly if sailing alone or with non-clued-up
friends who could do the leg work for you.
I saw many such screens at the Boat Show years ago. They were plentiful, but
hellish expensive, and quite out of the question for my own use. Have you
thought of looking for a second-hand screen from the trawler fleet? They
used to use them, and since many such vessels are now in the knackers yard,
this may be a source worth looking for. I believe most British trawlers are
broken up in Holland, but I could be wrong.
Dennis.
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