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Name:   MrHodja The author of this post is registered as a member - Email Member
Subject:   You miss a LOT of good boating
Date:   10/12/2011 10:31:24 PM (updated 10/12/2011 10:45:33 PM)

You bring up exactly the scenario that blows the VFR (Visual Flight Rules) argument out of the water.  The person relying on vision to navigate is out of luck when visibility is measured in feet rather than miles.  There is absolutley nothing wrong with relying on a GPS to navigate in those situations. 

I'm sure you are familiar with needle's eye - the very narrow channel leading back to Chapman Creek.  Just for S&Gs I used my GPS one day to navigate that channel and did so without coming any closer than 50 feet to the bank.  If there were dense fog and I had no GPS going through that channel I'd be kissing terra firma for sure.

Back about 7 or 8 years ago there was a HUGE thunderstorm that blew up right after the 4th of July fireworks.  As we were headed back to Parker Creek it was raining so hard that my daughter thought she was being shocked by the rain, and visibility was zero.  However, at that time we had a very crude Magellan hand-held GPS that was just capable enough to allow us to get back to our cabin without incident....something that would have been impossible without it (unless we were to gingerly motor to land and wait out the thunderbumper).

My vote is VFR first, but with the GPS as a strong backup. 
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Bouys - Jural - 10/9/2011 3:45:53 PM
     Bouys - Spot Remover - 10/10/2011 8:01:33 AM
          Bouys - Summer Lover - 10/10/2011 9:11:29 AM
               Bouys - Spot Remover - 10/11/2011 12:13:32 PM
                    Bouys - Summer Lover - 10/11/2011 2:37:27 PM
                         The key to real success - Ulysses E. McGill - 10/11/2011 4:01:01 PM
                         Bouys - Spot Remover - 10/11/2011 4:01:54 PM
                              Fortunately not - Summer Lover - 10/11/2011 4:44:02 PM
          Bouys - Jural - 10/10/2011 9:21:35 AM
     Bouys - roswellric - 10/10/2011 10:20:28 AM
     Bouys - Nancy Christine II - 10/10/2011 10:57:05 AM
          Bouys - Jural - 10/10/2011 12:09:18 PM
               Bouys - froghog - 10/11/2011 4:32:34 PM
                    Bouys - Jural - 10/12/2011 12:43:16 AM
     Lake Martin is a Big Lake>> - Mack - 10/11/2011 8:02:48 PM
          Lake Martin is a Big Lake>> - Jural - 10/12/2011 12:46:03 AM
          You miss a LOT of good boating - Lifer - 10/12/2011 9:44:33 AM
               Amen! - roswellric - 10/12/2011 10:04:30 AM
               You miss a LOT of good boating - Summer Lover - 10/12/2011 10:05:23 AM
                    Sounds like a good challenge to me - Lifer - 10/12/2011 10:24:40 AM
                         Sounds like a good challenge to me - Summer Lover - 10/12/2011 11:40:39 AM
                              Yea - Lifer - 10/12/2011 12:30:18 PM
                                   Uh-Oh - roswellric - 10/12/2011 1:19:22 PM
                                        Uh-Oh - CAT BOAT - 10/12/2011 1:51:26 PM
                                             Uh-Oh - Summer Lover - 10/12/2011 2:44:23 PM
                                             I wouldn't... - roswellric - 10/12/2011 2:51:39 PM
                                                  I thought - Summer Lover - 10/12/2011 3:16:17 PM
                                                  I wouldn't... - BigFoot - 10/12/2011 7:06:12 PM
                                                  I would......Must read instructions first. - CAT BOAT - 10/12/2011 8:12:12 PM
                                                       CAT...... - CAT BOAT - 10/12/2011 8:13:01 PM
                                                       EPIC! - Nancy Christine II - 10/12/2011 9:22:33 PM
                                                       I would......Must read instructions first. - roswellric - 10/13/2011 9:47:25 AM
                                                       I would......Must read instructions first. - Summer Lover - 10/13/2011 11:38:40 AM
               You miss a LOT of good boating - Mack - 10/12/2011 6:54:31 PM
                    You miss a LOT of good boating - lakeplumber - 10/12/2011 8:37:07 PM
                    You miss a LOT of good boating - MrHodja - 10/12/2011 10:31:24 PM
                         You miss a LOT of good boating - lakeplumber - 10/12/2011 10:47:10 PM
                              I agree - Ulysses E. McGill - 10/13/2011 2:53:52 AM
                                   I agree - Summer Lover - 10/13/2011 11:40:16 AM
                              You miss a LOT of good boating - MrHodja - 10/14/2011 9:52:21 AM
                                   You miss a LOT of good boating - Lifer - 10/14/2011 10:40:54 AM
                                        You miss a LOT of good boating - Summer Lover - 10/14/2011 11:10:35 AM
                                             You miss a LOT of good boating - Lifer - 10/14/2011 2:15:37 PM
                                             Installing a Dimmer Switch - Maverick - 10/14/2011 3:38:55 PM
                                                  Installing a Dimmer Switch - Lifer - 10/14/2011 3:43:23 PM
                                                       Installing a Dimmer Switch - Maverick - 10/14/2011 3:46:44 PM
                                                            Free!?!? Are you kidding me? - Lifer - 10/15/2011 10:28:05 AM
                                                  Installing a Dimmer Switch - Summer Lover - 10/14/2011 3:47:40 PM
                                        You miss a LOT of good boating - Ulysses E. McGill - 10/14/2011 11:18:53 AM


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