"Shen44" wrote in message ...


LOL I'd say that ended years ago. I've seen some smaller yachts with better
equipment than larger ships.

Motor yachts maybe but sailboaters don't have a clue.

I've seen many a radar on small sailboats that the owners
brag about and these units are more suited to big ships than
yachts, especially sailing yachts that heel.

Sailboaters are stupid when it comes to choosing radar.
They favor the wrong features. One example is the range
they choose. Booby is a good example. He keeps his
unit on 24 mile range so he can keep track of thunder
storms while he should be using 1/4 mile range to keep
track of things that will affect him sooner rather than
later. Big and powerful is really stupid for a slow speed
boat that heels. Small and accurate at close range is
what a sailor really needs. Radar also needs to be
mounted high up - the higher to better so it can 'look
down'. This isn't possible on a sailing yacht because
the higher up the worse the heel. You end up with a
gimballed mount lower down that's garbage.

S.Simon - a natural-born Master