on my gps at that time, speed was displayed on a different screen from course.

rick, I sorry that your lack of knowledge and understanding in this very tiny
issue -- and issue known and understood by others who have actually sailed in
areas with ocean currents -- so clearly shows you know nothing but what you
read on the net on any subject at all.

Rick, how was the ag pilot business? The ATP rating? The stolen construction
site plywood turned into a fine dinghy? The schooner trip to Mexico that
lasted 5 years? The master of a an ocean going freighter for ten years? All
before you turned 35?

Yeah, sure Jax, you were looking at the GPS and read the COG but not the
speed ... Do you really think everyone here is as ****ed up as you are?

Rick

JAXAshby wrote:
*IF* those are the parameters (in the case I was under we were making
something
less than 5 knots and we didn't bother to check how fast we were going
east, we
just confirmed and tacked) ...