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From: Richard Goodwin (no email)
Date: Thu Nov 04 2004 - 16:25:30 EST
What I was talking about is driving in the car, and
using gps and street map software. Most of the time
the gps is right on the money. When it's not, who
cares?
Obviously if you are on the water in a boat, and there
is ledge a boathook away, then you would be a complete
idiot to try to rely on a gps to guide you. I can't
imagine that anyone would do that.
That said, if you are using a paper chart and taking
sights on things to try to determine your position,
you aren't going to do any better, and will probably
do worse.
My question to you is this: What is YOUR insurance
guy going to say about your sailing along a boathook
distance away from rocks, trying to use a paper chart
and sights to avoid running into them? :-)
Personally I would sail somewhere where there weren't
rocks so close. I'm sure MY insurance guy would
agree. :-))
Dick
--- Wally <> wrote:
> If that's good enough for you, I sincerely hope that
> your boat's insurance underwriter isn't reading this
> list...in many places up here, less than a
> boathook's
> length off your side, you'll find six inches of
> water
> over granite...iow, you cannot afford to be right
> 'most of the time'. If you aren't right, you're
> wrong
> - and quite possibly sunk for being complacent.
> Simply not good enough. You might want to go back
> and
> read Ariild's posts...
>
>
> > But most of the time it is right on.
> >
> > Dick
> >
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