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"To win you have to finish"

is the saying. I guess near shore navigation isn't a high priority in the boat's spec, nevertheless the rationalization that Expedition is complicated is not persuasive. A $1K chart plotter at the helm running at high zoom with free charts would have saved the boat. Or even an iPhone with a $10 charting program. Still the most amazing thing is the knowledge that you are on a very shallow shelf in the middle of a very deep ocean, and no one double checks anything. We all make mistakes - this one happens to be particularly expensive and public.

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