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From: Richard Goodwin (no email)
Date: Thu Nov 04 2004 - 18:09:49 EST
I really have to wonder -- how many mistakes does a
human with paper charts, using non-electronic methods
of determining his position, make compared to a gps?
People talk about a gps falling overboard. Well so
can a hand bearing compass or sextant or chart or
tables. I do agree that electronics are going to fail
more often than the traditional tools, but...
If you keep the traditional tools for emergencies, and
use electronics for your primary method of location,
how often is that going to make a mistake as compared
to how often YOU will make a mistake using the
traditional tools?
I'm really asking here, I don't know what the answer
is.
Dick
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