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[Ken Williams]

"... I solved that by buying a handheld range finder. I have the Bushnell
Range Finder...."

I always use the radar for this type of measuring. It's a bit of a pain
converting fractional nautical miles to feet .. but, calculators are good at
this kind of stuff. Normally I'm doing it to measure the distance to other
boats at anchor... 

I'd be curious what distance others consider the "minimum" to another boat
when dropping anchor. Specifically, if staying overnight, with 250 feet of
rode out -- what is the closest you'd consider acceptable to another boat?
My personal minimum in this situation is around 300 feet, but I've noticed
that others seem to think much smaller distances are acceptable. 

I like the idea of a range finder though...

-Ken Williams
Sans Souci, nordhavn68.com