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From: Bill (no email)
Date: Wed Nov 03 2004 - 20:10:10 EST
>Regarding taffrail logs:
>Could Robert, David, et al comment on their experiences of the accuracy in
>different types of seas at different points of sail?
Thank you George,
> It normally stays trailing from the taffrail unless I feel the need to
> trail a mackerel line, as the two are incompatible. I've used it when my
> nav was by DR and radio DF bearings, and also later, in conjunction with
> GPS.
Enlighten me, what is a mackerel line? Fishing?
> Finally, a word of advice to users of Walker logs. Look over the stern
> before engaging reverse gear. Failure to do so cost me a rotator.
LOL
Bill
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