Craig, On a side note, I always assume cargo ships can't see me and respond accordingly. Duane --- On Tue, 4/21/09, Craig Jungers <crjungers_at_gmail.com> wrote: > Notice that the angle of view from the bridge over > the bow (across > the containers) means that the officer on watch and his AB > can't see > anything closer than about a mile directly in front of the > ship.And beyond a > mile a kayak is pretty difficult to see. They *should* have > another watch on > the bow but whether they do or not is probably anyone's > guess. I worked on > tankers and our visibility was much better (no containers). *************************************************************************** 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 Wed Apr 22 2009 - 08:10:35 PDT
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