Next message: Ahmet: "Re: [world-cruising] BVI charts???"
On 2/8/06, <> wrote:
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> > If you are making a passage to the BVI, then you definitely need
> paper charts even if you also have electronic charts.
> > We always use both and would never feel comfortable relying strictly
> on electronics.
> >
> > Judy
> > S/Y Security
> > Amel SM2 #387
> >
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> Not having a go at Judy at all - but the Virgin Islands as well as most
> of the planet were 'discovered' without charts and in boats that could
> hardly go to windward - so really do we NEED charts paper or electronic
> or are they nice to have and have we all just got soft lost our sense
> of adventure or what?
>
Easy answerl. We NEED them.
The ships that "discovered" these islands (ignoring entirely the fact that
they were already populated by human beings) made allowances for their lack
of information. Like putting their launch in the water to survey inshore
anchorages before venturing there with the mother ship. And then using that
same launch to take sufficient sounding so that the ship's navigator could
complete a chart.
Much easier to have the chart in the first place.
--
Best,
Bryan Genez
"Capella" V40-158
New Bern, NC
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