The Drones are here and ignoring regs

[Tayana42]

Is this the evolution of yachting... or intelligent design?


S/V B'Shert

[SV THIRD DAY]

What is with the ever growing nastiness of people towards others? I just don't get the attitude and anger, and more is expected from fellow boaters/cruisers.

[Celestialsailor]

You're right Rich. Please lead the way

[SV THIRD DAY]

Originally Posted by Celestialsailor

You're right Rich. Please lead the way

Sure, but there's that old expression of:
"You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink."
Adapted to the Cruiser world, it would go something like:
"You can show someone how to raise the sails, but you can't get them to toss of the dock lines."

10 years ago the Ipad and touch screen smart phones was something right out of star trek. However, today you can't go to a restaurant without seeing the family of four staring at their devices as if the other people at the table didn't exist. We call that progress and it rolls on. You can't hold back the tide of technological advancement...well not without an EMP anyway.

[Delancey]

It's intelligent designs fault.

BTW, oh my god they're everywhere -
Royal Navy test unmanned drone on the River Thames | Daily Mail Online

[SV THIRD DAY]

Skynet...

[sailorboy1]

Originally Posted by GoingWalkabout

OR maybe it's an intelligent realization of what can go wrong and preparing for it.

No I've been here and other forums a while and read lots of threads and posts. People truly are more focused on fear than enjoyment in boats. They explain it away just like you have.

[SV THIRD DAY]

Originally Posted by sailorboy1

No I've been here and other forums a while and read lots of threads and posts. People truly are more focused on fear than enjoyment in boats.

You can take almost any topic and view it from the fear factor:
Life Rafts-you are not going to sink, why do you need one.
Spare parts-your stuff will not break, quite being a fear merchant.
Best way to design systems so they don't fail
What's a realistic cruising budget so we don't run out of money.
Why people spend more time preparing to cruise than most people cruise
Fear of choosing the "wrong" boat or gear.
Fear of wiring in your Autopilot wrong or not taking the right care of your water maker. Fear is healthy and makes you ask questions, think and learn for those with a healthy respect and I would say "fear" of what the sea and elements can do to you if you are ill-prepared. Heroes are not fearless, they have just learned how to conquer their fear and not let it rule them.

[sailorboy1]

see!!!

[SV THIRD DAY]

I've been retired and cruising and living aboard now on year 9...fear...ha ha ha...only for those that dream and don't do. It's the saddest thing to sell a piece of cruising gear to someone only to have it started up for the first time by the next owner. Something I've seen many times and that I fear for sure. Drones...not so much.

[Pelagic]

Have not read all the replies as it started out a bit testy.....

But I do wonder if spending some of that money to provide cruising yachts with an "environmental monitoring package " and communication allowance to transmit.... would be more effective?

Then... they could receive a far larger sampling of the environment and motivate real people to become more aware by actually participating

[SV THIRD DAY]

There is a program like that out there....I just can't remember that name. Cruising boat can set some data points to be sent out with HF radio coms. Sea State, Wind Speed, air temp, water temp, etc. I just was never that techy to figure it out and do it.

I love Google...it takes the place of my memory:
Voluntary Observing Ship Program

But what happens if Google intentionally starts hiding and manipulating information...na...forget I said that...that could never happen...right?

[Celestialsailor]

Originally Posted by SV THIRD DAY

You can take almost any topic and view it from the fear factor:
Life Rafts-you are not going to sink, why do you need one.
Spare parts-your stuff will not break, quite being a fear merchant.
Best way to design systems so they don't fail
What's a realistic cruising budget so we don't run out of money.
Why people spend more time preparing to cruise than most people cruise
Fear of choosing the "wrong" boat or gear.
Fear of wiring in your Autopilot wrong or not taking the right care of your water maker. Fear is healthy and makes you ask questions, think and learn for those with a healthy respect and I would say "fear" of what the sea and elements can do to you if you are ill-prepared. Heroes are not fearless, they have just learned how to conquer their fear and not let it rule them.

I'm sure fear can also be a motivator. However it can hamper ones abilities to move forward..."paralyzed by fear". But that's not what is going on here. Topics like this, a Zika thread and yes Rich your favorite Arctic topic, plus more seem to be started for the OP's personal entertainment and attention.
I really don't believe they actually have a fear of any of it since they do not have a boat to be sailing to a place with Zika, sailing the Arctic or sailing among the drones. They're generally are not topics that raise any kind of awareness and rarely any boat significance whatsoever.

[Pelagic]

Rich...quite a few super yachts belong to the Sea keepers society and install sensors for recording data as mentioned
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inte...eepers_Society

Better info
http://www.seakeepers.org/

http://www.seakeepers.org/singapore/

[SV THIRD DAY]

Originally Posted by Pelagic

Rich...quite a few super yachts belong to the Sea keepers society and install sensors for recording data as mentioned
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inte...eepers_Society

Better info
Home

SeaKeepers Asia

Perfect...
It's like the active captain or Good Anchorage crowd source app