February 15, 2014 (but it could be any day)
We pulled in to Coralie Bay on New Zealand’s Great Mercury Island this afternoon and anchored. I had my usual problem: I felt like I was too close to the boat that was already here, while my instruments said I was just fine.
I really have trouble judging distance from the deck of our boat so I use our chartplotter and (incredible) Simrad 4G radar to measure distances when anchoring.
The electronics said I was 267 feet away. Wow, it didn’t look it. It got me curious: How many Legacys would fit between us?
The answer, by my less than scientific photoshop method, on a photo taken from the incredible beach surrounding us, is six. Let’s see… 6 x 38… round off to 40… equals 240 feet. Enough room. Why can’t I calibrate my eyeballs to make more accurate measurements? -Rich
