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    Re: Modern CN Ditch K
    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
    >
    >
    >
    
    
    
    

       
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