I have a similar one on the boat but don't use it....find it awkward as
it has to be hung from the spreader. If I were going on a coastal trip,
I might use it but not in the harbor most afternoons.
I read the various reviews of radar reflectors and these are considered
the most effective. Nevertheless, I know the cylinder shaped one I use
works as I have had Halifax Traffic hail me on the VHF in the fog to
tell me that I am in the way of commercial traffic, so I should move.
If Halifax Traffic can pick me up as a target in the harbor I assume
other can as well.
Rob Abbott
AZURA
C&C 32 - 84
Halifax, N.S.
On 2018-05-22 10:58 AM, Della Barba, Joe via CnC-List wrote:
Fishermen who need to find their gear use these:
https://shop.hamiltonmarine.com/products/radar-reflector-large-aluminum-fixed-15739.html
Joe
Coquina
C&C 35 MK I
-----Original Message-----
From: CnC-List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Hoyt, Mike
via CnC-List
Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2018 9:34 AM
To: [email protected]
Cc: Hoyt, Mike
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: Stus-List Radar Reflector
Hi Rob
Any chance UV got to your zip ties and the reflector simply fell to the deck
and exploded on impact?
Mike
-----Original Message-----
From: CnC-List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of robert via
CnC-List
Sent: Monday, May 21, 2018 10:46 AM
To: robert via CnC-List
Cc: robert
Subject: Stus-List Radar Reflector
Just finished a sail on Saturday p.m., started the motor and was standing in
the cockpit with my back facing the bow when I heard a loud noise, what sounded
like a 12 gauge gun go off behind me......felt something hit me in the back,
turned around and saw 5 - 6 square pieces of aluminum on the deck and on the
cockpit sole.....scared the heck out of me.....for a moment, had no idea what
had just happened.
Looked up to check things aloft and noticed my radar reflector (cylinder
shaped) which I had attached to my lower shroud with four (4) zip ties
(2 each top and bottom)......had been doing that for a dozen years with no
issues....and it was gone....all gone....nothing left attached to the
shroud.....not the two black end pieces of the reflector or any of the 4
plastic zip ties.....only thing(s) that remained were 6 pieces of the aluminum
from inside the reflector that fell down.....the rest must of went overboard.
I have never heard of this happening, ever......the radar reflector simply exploded.
And it was not full of water which might have expanded because some years ago
when I took it off the boat in the Fall, there was a little water in it so I drilled
a 3/16" hole in one side which always then became the 'bottom' when attaching
to the shroud in the Spring.
Has this ever happened to anyone else?
Can anyone explain how a cylinder type radar reflector can explode like mine
did?
Rob Abbott
AZURA
C&C 32 - 84
Halifax, N.S.
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