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Also old fashoned
In Response To: Maybe I'm old fashioned.... ()
Even with two chart plotters on board the paper chart book is in the cockpit as are the dividers, parallel rule and HB compass. Assorted publications at the chart table and a lead line in a deck locker. Since I'm no longer doing off shore passages the sextant stays at home.
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- What will I do with all the free space in my chart drawer, now that I have an Ipad?
- iPad all - Garmin Bluechart
- Here are the ones we use for navigation
- Well, maybe not....
- It's funny to hear the CG these days say, "Do you have a cell phone?"
- Maybe I'm old fashioned....
- Also old fashoned
- A handheld GPS is a good investment
- Me 3
- Hand held GPS, which got me across the gulf of Mexico twice and all through the Bahamas, paper charts
- Sounds like you're using them. Truth is, I haven't penciled a bearing, drawn a course/speed line, in years.
- I've read that the military isn't using paper anymore
- Almost took up drafting mid life. Wanted to draw on my past experiences but the details were too sketchy..
- Sounds like you're using them. Truth is, I haven't penciled a bearing, drawn a course/speed line, in years.
- It's funny to hear the CG these days say, "Do you have a cell phone?"
- iPad all - Garmin Bluechart
