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[medion]

Having crossed oceans on autopilot, I’ve had three very, very near misses - so even in an environment which is virtually an uninhabited desert in comparison to a road, the risk in not maintaining appropriate and proactive watch is real.

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Curious, what near missed?

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"Near miss?! It's a near hit! A collision is a near miss! 'Oh what a shame, they nearly missed'" - George Carlin

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>"George Carlin" -

never get tired listening to the guy. He is just amazing.

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Tanker bound for Panama from Hong Kong, not keeping watch. Woke up to engines and lights.

Sailing boat off American Samoa maintaining watch, but watch crew unable to change course (we did).

Near miss with unidentified floating object.