Sandpiper 565 review

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kwoodworker
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Re: Sandpiper 565 review

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Just a note on night sailing.

Whenever I have been sailing at night I carry a good flashlight. If I hear a power boat approaching, I shine the flashlight on the sail. That illuminated sail is very hard to miss.

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Re: Sandpiper 565 review

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kwoodworker wrote:Just a note on night sailing.

Whenever I have been sailing at night I carry a good flashlight. If I hear a power boat approaching, I shine the flashlight on the sail. That illuminated sail is very hard to miss.

Ken
Unless the power boater is dead drunk!!
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Re: Sandpiper 565 review

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kwoodworker wrote:Just a note on night sailing.

Whenever I have been sailing at night I carry a good flashlight. If I hear a power boat approaching, I shine the flashlight on the sail. That illuminated sail is very hard to miss.

Ken

good idea/point.

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