Date:         Fri, 27 Jul 2007 12:58:12 -0400
Reply-To:     Sam Conant <samcvt@COMCAST.NET>
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From:         Sam Conant <samcvt@COMCAST.NET>
Subject:      Re: Some Comments on GPS Systems and Audio Electronics (Not Short)
Comments: To: Kim Brennan <kimbrennan@MAC.COM>
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Ahhh, the toys we enjoys.

Yesterday, as I was entering the mooring field and jetty where I keep my
sailboat, the fellow next to me with a huge Boston Whaler, was describing
his boat to someone interested in buying it.  I look at the "stuff" adorning
his overhead panel and noted a GPS antenna, a Radar, a tv dish of some kind,
an antenna he described as being for his stereo system and the useful VHF
antenna.  I was invited aboard and noticed a very fancy depth/fish They
shared their cool beer with me, and I couldn't help but ask if the current
owner had taken his boat on the road for some ocean-going  fishing - the
boat looked also like it was rigged for fishing everything from perch to
whales .

The guy said he bought the boat new, ordered all the equipment ... etc ....

I sat there, chuckling inside, realizing the yahoo had spent 10s of
thousands of dollars for equipment that is absolutely unnecessary on Lake
Champlain which, at its widest is merely 15-17 miles across and where the
charts are accurate. A depth and fish-finding piece of gear is appropriate.

Sam Conant