"Bobsprit" wrote in message
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| Excellent... you determined both set & drift as well?? That's not easy on
a
| current that appears to average at over 2 knots at times.
|
| Observing the track set on the GPS, sailing on a reach, with 1.5-2.5 knots
of
| current against, we only deviated from our track by about a mile. Once 20
miles
| of the return trip were under the keel we could see the Manhattan skyline
and
| it became a line-of-site sail, though i maintained a specific (245 If I
| remember right) SW compass heading anyway.

So I take it that you only used the GPS on occasion to verify your chart
plot and rightly considered a cross track [drift] error of one mile in 20 as
not worth concern as long as you knew where you would be on arrival to
corrected waypoint?

Excellent Bob... this is what I was hoping to gently persuade you to discuss
in the first place.

I often find myself too lazy to tweak and set trim to compensate for this as
well... especially when I have dinner in the oven and the heel is perfect
for cooking while underway. Good Show!

CM