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Re: Modern CN Ditch K
From: Marcelo S
Date: 2012 Jul 24, 19:35 -0300
From: Marcelo S
Date: 2012 Jul 24, 19:35 -0300
congratulations, I did not know the design, it looks very nice. marcelo 2012/7/24, Tom Sult: > Yep. New to me. This is my first season on it. So far love it. It sails so > flat that with any heal I start to panic. It was normal to have the toe > rail in the water on my last boat (clipper Marine 30). > > Thomas A. Sult, MD > Sent from iPhone > > On Jul 24, 2012, at 13:09, Marcelo Perez wrote: > >> Your boat is the one pictured here: >> http://www.f-boat.com/pages/background/hall_of_fame.html ? >> >> >> >> 2012/7/24, Tom Sult : >>> "Ditch" implies extreme Conditions. I feel far better served by the >>> instruments listed in my kit. So my CN ditch kit is quite light. It is >>> nothing. >>> >>> My boat (F-27) not like the titanic is unsinkable so my best like raft >>> will >>> be my boat even if inverted. My full complement of CN should be with me. >>> >>> In the event of total loss of GPS it is likely only to last days at >>> most. >>> Most of modern commerce depends on it. Or there has been nuclear war or >>> or >>> other major event making me far safer adrift at sea. >>> >>> Navigation by traditional means, that is to say, at a time in the past >>> that >>> suites us, is fun, interesting and connects me to a deep tradition. We >>> should not confuse tradition with practicality. A ditch bag is for the >>> extreme. Many year of SAR experience tells me that Murphy has a large >>> mansion at the intersection of me and extreme. >>> >>> >>> >>> Thomas A. Sult, MD >>> Sent from iPhone >>> >>> On Jul 21, 2012, at 22:11, Thomas Sult wrote: >>> >>>>> What is in your CN ditch kit?... >>>>> >>>> A GPS, VHS radio and a Cell Phone and a small solar charger. When >>>> venturing off shore a satellite communication device. My full CN kit is >>>> on >>>> the boat. If I need a ditch kit I am interested in modern technology >>>> just >>>> like my fore fathers, their ditch kit had the latest and best >>>> technolog, >>>> so does mine. >>>> Tom. >>>> >>>> Thomas A. Sult, MD >>>> Sent from iPhone >>>> >>>> On Jul 21, 2012, at 13:37, Greg Rudzinski wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> : http://fer3.com/arc/m2.aspx?i=120146 >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> > > > > > : http://fer3.com/arc/m2.aspx?i=120148 > > >