G'day, PeterO -- to your question -- -I missed what the acronym SART stands for? Search and Rescue T? It's for "transponder". Search and Rescue Radar Transponder (SART). Sorry about that, mate -- I write this stuff out all day for people who already know! ACR's SART is at http://www.landfallnavigation.com/-ssart.html, for example. Basically, it takes in a radar signal and sends back an echo that says you're not a lowly sea kayak but are more like the Troubridge Island Lighthouse or something bearing down on the sender. It's considered an enhancer, of sorts. Some paddlers need this more than others. (My son's in Wanaka, NZ now, PeterO, building wooden kayaks. And concrete countertops. One for fun, one for bread.) Joq *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Jul 23 2007 - 16:30:54 PDT
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