Re: [Paddlewise] Shipping Lane Traffic

From: Duane Strosaker <strosaker_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 08:10:28 -0700 (PDT)
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).
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