Letters – by Our Readers
Hello Pat, I really enjoyed your article on the RADAR. For years I have been struggling how to actually train our youth and explain how RADAR works. This truly helped. Thank you.Mike Hammack,Resource Officer,Sea...
Hello Pat, I really enjoyed your article on the RADAR. For years I have been struggling how to actually train our youth and explain how RADAR works. This truly helped. Thank you.Mike Hammack,Resource Officer,Sea...
Pat, Thanks for your very informative article on RADAR. Your readers should also know that the Navigation rules require the “proper” use of RADAR if so equipped and operational. Proper use includes long-range scanning,...
Dear Pat Carson, I noticed that in your performance numbers of the Beneteau GT41 you use a 20% reserve to calculate range. This is not what the Coast Guard and any boating safety organization...
Dear Bill, We are proud to formalize the Large Boat School on the Delta, Bay and Coast. Our six captains and additional six deckhand/trainers are ready to train at a new and improved level from the attached course materials....
Hello Jackie, I’m writing as a Bay View Boat Club member since 1984. I used to nestle among the houseboats on Shit Creek til about 7 years ago when Chase Stadium forced my exit...
Dear Jackie, We took Johnny’s 32-foot Bayliner to Owl Harbor this week at your recommendation. Agree, the best toilets in the Delta and he’ll be there till October. I bought your book there and...
Pat, Really enjoyed the article on compass use in last month’s issue. It was well written for everyone to understand. Learned several things myself. Thank you,Marc Jantzen Marc, Thank you for writing. It has...
Hi Bill, Happy New Year! I worked on Mike and Grace Milne’s entry for the Discovery Bay Yacht Club Lighted Boat Parade again this year. This time we decorated their 46-foot houseboat as a NASCAR...
Bill, I know I am behind, but I just read about Sal Cucuruto passing away. I remember meeting him on one of my first trips to the Delta. I was staying with you on...
Jackie, Liked your Oct 2022 article. Especially about your editor. Were you playing with us with the mistake on page 36. Shouldn’t the “?” be a coma “,”? Dale Hi Dale, I go round...