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Old April 9th 15, 02:59 PM posted to uk.transport.london
Jarle Hammen Knudsen Jarle Hammen Knudsen is offline
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Default No Woolwich Ferry because of fog?

On Thu, 9 Apr 2015 11:59:38 +0100, "Robin" wrote:

wrote:
Hasn't radar been around for oh , 70 years or so? And how do they
cope in the dark?


Just think of the the fuss there'd be if a ferry rolled over a
canoe/kayak in the fog. Radar doesn't show such things.


https://mcanet.mcga.gov.uk/public/c4/solasv/index.html

Regulation 19

2.1 All ships irrespective of size shall have:

2.1.7 if less than 150 gross tonnage and if practicable, a radar
reflector or other means, to enable detection by ships navigating by
radar at both 9 and 3 GHz;

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