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Just for others here, this is very misleading: 1) Sailboats (even moderately sized ones) often do not show on radar at all. 2) 30nm is probably way too optimi
by roflyear 3y ago
Just for others here, this is very misleading:
1) Sailboats (even moderately sized ones) often do not show on radar at all.
2) 30nm is probably way too optimistic, at a height of 50ft your line of sight is only about 8-9nm. Radar is LOS.
3) 11m is a terrifyingly short time, even if this was all correct
4) you can't identify things based on radar alone, and there's no way you can make out what something is even at 5nm.
5) there's no way you can see a boat at 10nm lol
- Brusco_RF 3y ago> 11m is a terrifyingly short time, even if this was all correct Is it? How much warning do you get when a car brakes in front of you on the highway? In 11m you could write a report on how to avoid the collision prior to actually performing the maneuver
- roflyear 3y agoCars have lanes etc.. it's very different on the water. Hard to tell often if someone is going to hit you or not. Distances are nearly impossible to judge.