"The Captains Master" wrote in message
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| Here is a story about the last guy I know who stormed into the night
| relying on his GPS and charts......
| http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/...244562366.html

Hardly the same thing Oz... and he should have brought the vessel to a dead
stop immediately upon updated coordinates indicating he was not where he
should be. They were racing.... using only GPS. I'm certain if they had been
running a hand plot and compass bearing, speed, time calcs enroute... they
would have had reason for concern from conflicting data.

| Oh and radar won't plot submerged rocks and shoals.

First off.. they hit a 3 meter rock awash! They heard it! ... Secondly..
they had no Radar or it would have shown a location different from the GPS
in regards to the shoreline. Oh ... the reason you might use radar to plot
your location relative to the shore is to guage your triangulation fix
'relative' to the submerged rocks on the chart.

| You guys will throw away all credibility just to have an argument.

The only one here showing any lack of credibility is yourself Oz! The reason
your ears are ringing is because Bob just farted ...again! ;-)

CM