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Frank Reed wrote:
> Lu Abel you wrote:
> "I don't see noon sights vs LOP sights as an either-or proposition -- at
> least not for a "good" navigator (which I hope all on this list would
> claim they either are or aspire to). "
>
> A good navigator is the guy who pulls a functioning spare GPS receiver out
> of a metal box after your vessel has been struck by lightning and all the
> other electronics are fried! <g>
No argument from me on that one, Frank.
A few years ago I posted a question I'll re-ask: If you were about to
depart on a circumnavigation and had a $1000 budget for navigation
instruments, what would you purchase?
I don't know about others, but for $1K I could buy four high-quality GPS
receivers and a whole lot of batteries. I'd use one and keep the
others, as Frank noted, sealed in plastic bags inside in a waterproof
metal box.
Oh, and if I had a few bucks left over I might buy a used Davis plastic
sextant, just so I could look nautical and impress the tourists ("argh,
ye landlubbers, what a perfect noon shot I just got") <g>
Lu Abel
