Radar Useful?

Broken Glass · 09-22-2021, 06:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Descant

Going from Meredith to Rattlesnake is all open water, an easy trip for experienced islanders. Not many buoys to look for. I would be more interested in your experience seeing other boats. What day of the week? What time of night? Weather conditions? What make model of radar? Digital?

Garmin GMR Fantom 18”. 10PM Saturday night. Like I said the navigation for me is no problem the radar only enhances my situational awareness. The ability to see anything floating on the water most importantly other boats is in-beatable. It makes no difference how much experience you have driving back and forth on the lake if you can’t see what is around you on the water.

trfour · 09-22-2021, 04:50 PM

I absolutely refuse to live on the DARK side too!!

Descant · 09-24-2021, 01:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Broken Glass

Garmin GMR Fantom 18”. 10PM Saturday night. Like I said the navigation for me is no problem the radar only enhances my situational awareness. The ability to see anything floating on the water most importantly other boats is in-beatable. It makes no difference how much experience you have driving back and forth on the lake if you can’t see what is around you on the water.

You've made a couple of great posts on this thread. Thanks for the added detail.

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