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DougR
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- Compass on a boat?
- Here we go again!
- How do you take relative bearings?
- Yes, that is what I meant
- Use your radar of course
- Or, failing that, your pelorus
- Only works when 1) radar is on; 2) object has a radar return.
- Only takes a second to turn the radar on...
- Or, failing that, your pelorus
- Yes, that is what I meant
- I (and crew) had to handsteer acoss the Gulf
- How do you take relative bearings?
- Really?
- I remember Evans Starzinger asking himself that same question.
- Explain to me other than "it's traditional" why I should replace a broken tool that hasn't been used in 10 years
- Also note that I'm a very good DR guy, can read the sun very accurately as well as follow the stars
- Then, don't get a compass.
- Last summer a friend of mine and I were delivering his
- In daylight, with good visibility, I can sail a straight course without a compass
- In daylight, with good visibility, I can sail a straight course without a compass
- Compasses can turn to "toast" too...
- Explain to me other than "it's traditional" why I should replace a broken tool that hasn't been used in 10 years
- Again I cite that you can sail without electricity at all...
- I only use a compass when I sleep
- Our real life usage....
- Yeh of continuing faith.
- Here we go again!