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Bahamas Chatter: “Long Island” plus 1 more
Long Island
Posted: 26 Jan 2016 11:32 AM PST
> We’re planning to visit Long Island in March and bring donated school supplies for a small contribution to those impacted by hurricane Joaquin. > > How is the island recovering? Are there any places we should avoid because of lack of services or because we might be a burden? Where should we take our donations? Is there anything that has been specifically requested? > > Jeff Janacek on Adirondack Currently at Treasure Cay Sent from my iPhone

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Posted: 26 Jan 2016 11:23 AM PST
I feel your pain. If you look at
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/TheFlyingPigLog/conversations/messages/438 you’ll see the analysis of an issue which follows us around yet today. The most recent was that it might have prevented us from completing our journey to becoming SSCA commodores, for which we had qualified by the time that was written, but never bothered to pursue. Of course, the mistaken rumor, in our case merely propagated by those listening in on the VHF in Elizabeth Harbour, not the vast AC mailing list as yours will fight, has grown substantially in the amplified retelling; the last one I heard was that I had shut down all of Long Island Sound. I disabused the guy who at the time was the incoming SSCA president of the notion, yet, it was presented to the SSCA board two years later. Fortunately, I’d written the post in the link in real time, and was able to point the new president, when he called to see if there was any defense, to it. If I’d not, and had just let it lay, or if Clark hadn’t come directly to us and done his rant, I might never have figured it out – or even known that it was out there – and the SSCA board would have, given the number of members who no doubt have heard the rumor, and passed it along, assumed it was true.
I presume you’ve sent your rebuttal to AC; I hope he’s man enough to post a retraction. I unequivocally flog your books; I bought a complete new set before we left this time, even though we’re probably not going to do more
than the Abacos in this trip. I’m about to go back (February), and bemoan the fact that I’m stuck with Navionics (Raymarine plotter), a set which has led to more than one loss, at least one of which I actually saw. We also
summer there, in preference to the god-awful heat and bugs in Vero Beach…
One question: We draw 7′ and depended on your routing in Comer Channel when transiting from Long Island to the Raggeds (as they call them locally). With all the excitement in that area, are there updates of which we should
be aware, or are the current routings still valid?
Maptech puts CDs with their chartbooks; I use OpenCPN as my nav desk backup to that awful Navionics and integrate those to the NOAA set in the US. Have you considered doing the same with your chartbooks? I have no idea how I’d
integrate to my plotter, but at least I could see it on my screen below decks. As it is now, we use your waypoints (including the recent updates you put out from time to time) fearlessly; regardless of what our plotter
shows, we have total confidence in hitting your waypoints. A case in point is the entry from the north in Elizabeth Harbour – a narrow, twisty, awful, butt-puckering ride if you’re not standing on the bow – or using your
waypoints. Otto faithfully pivots at each waypoint and we watch the coral go by on either side, without touching the wheel. Thank you for that!
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