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Re: [world-cruising] Re: charts

From: Capt. D.E. Morehouse (no email)
Date: Fri Nov 21 2003 - 12:29:42 EST

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    So~ you have taken, in mindset at least, the 1st step.......
    Once you do that which you envision?
    You will perhaps continue.....
    And the next article on a sophisticated nav-system will
    be penned by you....
     
    SeaWolf
    ~~~~~~~

    scylla34208 <> wrote:
    If I were setting out today I would just have a GPS, and plot my
    position on paper charts. Since my voyaging days were mostly
    in the '60s, my electronic navigation was limited to RDF which,
    ouside the US, meant pretty much the AM broadcast band. We
    used it approaching Bermuda, and crossed a (Colon) Panama
    station with Bonaire when approaching the P. Canal in poor
    visibility. Otherwise navigation was DR and celestial.

    A GPS would have eased the worry on several occasions when
    rough sea conditions made for large triangles (my destinations
    were almost always lee shore type, sailing westward in the
    tropics), and if you are cruising in areas that tend to be overcast
    or foggy a lot, the availability of GPS is a great advantage.

    Fred

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