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AIS Made Easy! Latest, most cost-effective collision-avoidance solution AIS (Automatic Identification System) receivers enable AIS-capable chart plotters and navigation software to see other vessels. AIS transponders allow other vessels to see you. Page 54 • Latitude 38 • October, 2009 EAGLE (WXX1234) MMSI: 312345678 Reported via AIS at 13:45 Towing Vessel Underway with engine at 4:30 kn 346°M / 1.77 NM from boat 47°44.296'N 122°27.312'W Navigation software displaying AIS targets Milltech Marine offers complete, low-cost AIS solutions. Visit our web site for information on: � AIS Receivers - featuring the Comar AIS-MULTI � AIS Transponders - including Class B AIS � Navigation Software � Antennas, cables and other accessories Order any product online and use coupon code “LAT38” to get free shipping in the U.S. For more information contact: (866) 606-6143 www.MilltechMarine.com MIKE HARKER LETTERS While St. Martin certainly does not get hit by a hurricane every year, it's gotten hit a little more frequently than you remember. We know this thanks to www.HurricaneCity.com — an extremely informative site with data based on detailed study of multiple sources. The overall picture is that St. Martin has been hit, or at least brushed — meaning an eye within 60 miles — by a hurricane a total False alarm. Boats have hid in the mangroves of St. Martin many more times than the island's been hit by hurricanes. of 49 times in the last 139 years. That averages out to once every 2.8 years. But these statistics can be very misleading because, for example, St. Martin wasn't hit or brushed in the 29 years between Faith in '66 and horrible Luis in '95. To prove the inconsistent nature of hurricane occurences, St. Martin was hit just 10 days after Luis by Marilyn. Anyway, here's the hurricane history for St. Martin for the last 15 years: — 1995, Hurricane Luis hit on September 5 with 140 mph winds and a barometric pressure as low as 27.65. Fourteen people were killed on the island or on boats, 1,000 were left homeless, and over 700 boats — most of them in Simpson Bay Lagoon — were destroyed. Indeed, debris from many of the boats destroyed by Luis still litter the lagoon. — 1995, a week after Luis, Hurricane Marilyn brushed the island to the south and west with 105-mph winds. Most of the buildings in Grand Case were destroyed. — 1999, Hurricane Jose hit on October 20 with 100-mph winds, but the damage was relatively minor because the hurricane was rapidly fizzling to just 70-mph winds when it got close. — 1999, Hurricane Lenny, with 120-mph winds, parked between St. Martin and St. Barth for November 17 and 18, and severely punished both islands. Thirteen people were killed, and the south-facing beaches of St. Martin were devastated. Since the island had been hit or brushed by five hurricanes in just seven years, insurers either cancelled policies or greatly increased the premiums. — 2000, Hurricane Debby hit north of St. Martin. Damage was light as there were ony 75-mph winds and Debby was moving away to the WNW at an amazingly fast 21 mph. — 2008, Hurricane Omar, which had been heading right for the British Virgins, jogged to the east, and brushed St. Martin with 60-mph winds. The damage was not severe. But that's the way it goes with hurricanes. None hits St. Martin in 29 years, then there are five in seven years, then none for another seven years. Try to make sense of that. For what it's worth, we had our Ocean 71 Big O in the Caribbean from '86 to '96, and thank goodness she never got hit. There were two close calls, however, with Gilbert in '88 and Hugo in '89. Most people on the West Coast probably don't remember them, but they featured winds of 160 knots and 140 knots respectively, making them among the most powerful hurricanes ever to hit the Caribbean. We've had our Leopard 45 'ti Profligate in the British Virgins for the last three years, and she hasn't been hit — although Omar came very close last year. Please keep your fingers crossed for our cat and everyone else who has a boat in a hurricane zone.
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