Subscribe to RSS FeedYou don't need to be a maritime lawyer to have reason to decipher nautical acronyms. And for God's sake, they're a lot of them. Buying a vessel or looking for dock space and you're going to talk about LOA or LWL and if it's a CFV you'll be curious about the GRT. Come to think about it, you'll also want to know its MPH and GPH and before you get underway, best tighten the PFD.
A trip south will take you through the ICW and, sweet Jesus, you'll need an MSD or you'll be picked up for a violation of the CVA. Don't know CELNAV, but you need to run at night which means you'll be awash in the glow of the RADAR. Word is that Congress won't fund LORAN anymore making us reliant on that dangerously fickle GPS. You could always DR, but it doesn't take much to get out of whack and then you'll hit a SNAFU.
Boating in the UV with some bubbly and you might get your BAC high enough to risk a BUI or an OUI and, at any rate, you'll risk an accident and that'll mean filing a BAR. And let me tell, whatever the case you'll likely need an attorney whose probably a member of the MLA and, know what, your friends and neighbors will think you're an SOB.
Uhh? What do they all stand for? Leave me a comment if you can't figure it on Google or Bing, and I'll lend a hand. LOL
Underway and making.
--- JKF
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