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I'm almost never going where my bow is pointing.
In Response To: good point, sometimes you're not going where the boats pointing. ()
I find the course info between the GPS and compass one of the best parts of a CP. Under sail to windward especially, and even reaching, leeway is always there, and that doesn't even include currents or seas.
I watch gps course for how much lift my centerboard is adding. Always variable with conditions and angle to the wind, I can at times see a 5 to 10 degree increase to windward in the boats course, when close hauled(this is a subjective reading of a moving average).
I'm dangerously optimistic, but this is good incentive to roll up your sleeves and crank the 50 turns the winch takes to lower, or raise, the 400lb 8' centerboard. Our boat keeps us in shape. 
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- Survey - who does route planning on their GPS as opposed to just using it for tracking position
- Well, in a way...
- I do...
- I use it the same way you do Tom
- I do what you are doing but I have a lot of waypoints.
- By GPS that would be the iPhone or iPad
- I use it to keep track of my position and onboard charts for route planning.
- I did in the Chesapeake, using downloads from
- Yes Somewhat
- I use mine mostly to give me boat speed and secondarily for position...
- Incidentally, I never set way points and don't have an auto pilot
- I once sailed (well, motored) from Boothbay to Salem in another Sabre w/o an AP. Not a lot of fun, IMHO.
- I like using waypoints.
- good point, sometimes you're not going where the boats pointing.
- Dan, finish the story! Why the discrepancy? Oh,
- I'm almost never going where my bow is pointing.
- I use waypoints like bread crumbs. I go
- good point, sometimes you're not going where the boats pointing.
- I once sailed (well, motored) from Boothbay to Salem in another Sabre w/o an AP. Not a lot of fun, IMHO.
- Incidentally, I never set way points and don't have an auto pilot
- Depends
- What's a GPS? All I need is a stick and a piece of string to do my navigating. '-)
- I use paper charts, verify position with GPS, and mark 1 eyeballs
- Routes on GPS, no.
- I do pretty much the same
- I do route planning on my laptop.
- A couple other uses not mentioned
- Used iPad Navionics apps for route planning a lot this past year
- Just don't use it here!
- Navionics
- The San Blas isn't exactly well charted
- Same as you....
- Our Navionics Gold was fine in the San Blas.
- Same as you....
- Since pmnav12 is listening....
- Just don't use it here!