Re: [Paddlewise] SPOT anxiety

From: Doug Lloyd <douglloyd_at_shaw.ca>
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:05:21 -0700
I'd said (snip):

I don't think the SPOT device works well for offshore situations, but for 
coastal and land based activities, it is still a promising device.

Craig responded (snip):

I would use SPOT for a voyage. The concept is brilliant and seems perfect to 
allow family to track a yacht's progress to Hawaii or Tahiti. It's only the 
overlap between the OKAY and 911 functions that are creating confusion. 
There must be a way to mitigate this without throwing out the baby (float 
plans) with the bath water.

Craig,

I was thinking that for offshore, that's a lot of open space to correlate on 
a Google map. Not sure how big an issue that is or isn't.

Doug 
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