RE: TWL: RE: Another traditional instrument to bite the dust?
Subject: RE: TWL: RE: Another traditional instrument to bite the dust?
From: Jerome A. Schroeder (jschroeder1@XXX.XXX)
Date: Sat Sep 01 2001 - 16:03:57 EDT
Indeed, I could navigate the USS Abraham
> Lincoln with it.
>
> (snip)
>
> Jerry,
>
> Kind of makes you wonder just what they're doing on vessels like the Exxon
> Valdez, doesn't it.
>
> Ken Phelps
> phelps@XXX.XXX
>
Were accurate GPS units available then? The Captain apparently was checking
on the quality of the bourbon on board. Perhaps I overstated navigating
the USS Abraham Lincoln. My Garmin GPS12 gives me a position within 30 or
40 yards. Vastly superior to anything available a generation ago, but
perhaps not quite as accurate enough to thread thru a rocky passage.
Jerry
