The Hook is down. In Pillar Pt Harbor, otherwise known as Half Moon Bay. Hill sides are full of dwellings, doesn't look the same at all. The first time I was in here, there was nothing but Hippie camps.
Yeah, I had to drop the T-Mobile hotspot I tried. The dang thing would switch and then chalk me up as roaming. Then cut off data access when roaming for the rest of the month. So the net result was, it no long would perform the function it was intended to fill, in the first day of use and I had not even left the Bandon Harbor yet.
It is cheap and the wife has a little better coverage with ATT through her work. Not worth paying more for what I need.
Actually the T-mobile Hotspot cost was the same as Verizon for UML290 USB modem. T- mobile was 30 bucks a month for 4G of data, where Verizon is 50 bucks for 5. But I get a Verizon prepaid 60 days 5 gig for 60 bucks and that works for me. Access dam near everywhere, except those places it is blocked so they can sell their own for top dollar. I just have to make sure I don't watch the videos you guys post.
I knew you could play poker but had no idea of these other areas of expertise....learn something everyday! Scientific method is always demonstrable
Almost to Drakes Bay here, where the Humpback's were feeding. This is an ok shot but I wish I had been prepared for the real deal. Pasted by a whale close to port, mouth open real wide. I could see way down in there, and it prompted a thought! I hope he realizes, he can only get about half my little ship in there! Anchored here, well protected and comfortable. Near what remains of the Pt St. Joseph Fish Co.
It is truly of a composite of wood and synthetic fibers. Cold molded three plys of wood, glassed over. Embedded plies of Kevlar and carbon as well as glass to replace traditional wood members like carlings and other joining parts and stiffeners.
Last week, I sent this note off to the author of the Navigation system I use on MarAzul. I love your implementation of AIS! I finally got my hardware sorted out and AIS working to great aid to me as a single handed Sailor. I am returning to Oregon from a winter in So Cal, right now in the Noyo River. Next is a copy of the text I sent out to my email followers; " Last night close to 3 Am, something jogged me awake. I was aware of it enough to sit right up from my watch seat. The watch seat is the companion way, right over the heater in the boat when the engine is running. With a cushion to sit on and a cushioned back, heat coming up from below, an occasional nod is to be expected. Especial with no relief on board. My immediate reaction was to scan the horizon for lights, which would indicate other vessels. But that is quick and then to the computer monitor right in front of the companionway. for other clues. Just withing seconds of switching my attention to the monitor, a new AIS target pops up on the screen. Dang! He is only 6 miles out, slightly off my port bow! I have since the last voyage, managed to get the AIS system functional. AIS is Automatic Identification System. A collaboration of the International community to augment Radar as the collision avoidance system at sea. I will skip all the techie reasons of what I dislike about Radar such, and just say, I like AIS because it will give information about your potential surrounding threat at much greater range with far more information. Most small vessel, MarAzul can detect at around 12 to 15 miles. Large Passenger and freighters, perhaps 40 miles, even 50. Once detected the human observer does not have to do the work, threat or not? The Computer navigation system supporting AIS spins down this data. Give you the closest point of approach and in how long. When I clicked on this target for data, I found it was Crossing my bow, port to Starboard and his lights, Green light confirm this analysis. Closest point of approach, .002 miles, time in a few minutes! .002 miles? That's a Collision!!! Yep, bearing holding steady. Well I easily took steps to avoid collision. You are never right when involved in a collision at sea even if the other fellow is violating all rules and logic, showing a green light while crossing your bow. Now I suspect that the action began something like this, as Fisherman in the North East Pacific generally do tend to sort of think they own the sea they work on. And perhaps they do, I would not argue the point. But AIS is required on all commercial vessels over 300 tons. This is not always in keeping with the mind set of the fisherman of the area, as they do not always want their position known. I can understand that. Perhaps this fellow found him self in a potential collision situation, without his AIS on. Since I had not seen the disaster coming, he switched his AIS on to give me more info. After all, he could not break down and simply obey the rules of the road! AIS is cool, it receives over the VHF channels with line of sight antennas on top of the mast, so the higher the farther you will receive. Which is much farther than Radars operate." Thank you sir for a wonderful implementation of AIS!! It does occur to me though, to ask you to consider an enhancement to NavPak's AIS support. Would it be possible to add and Alarm to the system based on a specified Distance in Miles of the Closest Point of Approach? I probably would run with this set to .5 miles nearly all the time when travelling the West Coast out beyond the 100 fathom line. In close it would be annoying most likely, but at sea, very helpful, I think." * * ** * * * * Well today he sent me a new copy to try out. One with an AIS projected Collison alarm. That will be a comfort for the next 280 miles or so to Bandon.
You're right dog, there is a time and place for it. Maybe this isn't it though, where a loss is fatal. The law is not on your side either, as right near the top of the list of responsibilities in the laws of the sea, is collision avoidance. You're in a collision. You're wrong! I actually have some empathy of these fisherman too. That dude isn't out there for his jollies. He out there trying to get a bit a sleep tonight so he can fish tomorrow. He is sleeping at sea because he hasn't got enough fish to go home. Can't go tell the misses, sorry no fish. I can find my way around him, with a little help from the proper gear. Now that you bring it up, it reminds me of a discussion I had with the young lady lawyer, running the Oregon Offshore Race for the Yacht club. They upped the liability insurance requirements to 500K for boats entering the race. Quite a bit more costly than 300K I keep on my boat along with the home owners policy. Then it is only good up to 50 miles off shore. I told this young lady about the reasons for not requiring the insurance. No way to communicate with her on this subject!! She told me, perhaps I needed to take one of their classes to learn how to run the race! End of conversation! I figured it would not help to tell here I won the damn race when you were about Ten! No point is standing ground here either. I will just shadow the race next spring.
