tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-266108914902271629.post3621842759230612905..comments2023-09-25T08:48:48.104-07:00Comments on John Vigor's Blog: Don't overdo electronic thingiesJohn Vigorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02215080385571534292noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-266108914902271629.post-81666212492636318032014-09-04T03:54:07.147-07:002014-09-04T03:54:07.147-07:00Number of times I've been nearly run down by s...Number of times I've been nearly run down by someone who was navigating by eye: Perhaps 2. (But one of those was three sheets to the wind and ran over a channel marker at 25 knots a minute later.)<br /><br />Number of times I've been nearly run down by someone who was fiddling with their nav computer instead of looking outside: At least 12.<br /><br />An integrated chartplotter-radar-AIS-fishfinder-GPS-depthsounder-coffeemaker hybrid, while potentially useful, is no substitute for looking out the window now and then.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11555477999686799556noreply@blogger.com