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Situations with a large land mass to one side...
In Response To: I suppose. It would all depend on 
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() Do you find yourself steering toward said land mass over time if you don't refer to compass or other instruments?
That has been the case for me, especially at night... kind of a "moth to a flame" sort of thing. I usually have to stop and force myself to steer away.
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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
- Is there any advantage to a digital compass?
- Without a reference?
- I suppose. It would all depend on
- Situations with a large land mass to one side...
- 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!