JAXAshby wrote:
I've used them on ships


*that* of course is exactly the same as a recreational sailboat.

Nope, but you don't have enough knowledge to know that, cause, .....it
could be.



I had one on my 26' Contessa,


yes, of course. that explains all.

Nope, but you wouldn't understand what it DOES explain.


which I was
able to use to get some relatively accurate fixes (at least accurate
enough for my needs).


sure, plus or minus 100%, distance. good enough to miss the granite ledges 60
yards away, right?

ROFLMAO .... further confirmation that you don't KNOW or UNDERSTAND
marine navigation. YOU are AGAIN a product of GPS !! YOU don't know or
understand how to navigate, unless you are guaranteed a position, to
within inches or feet.
Stay on the dock, Jax. You're an amateur buffoon, kinda like the idiot I
watched coming into port this afternoon. (small IO, coming from sea and
heading for Port Hueneme [private boats are not allowed in Port
Hueneme]. I bet everyone he had set his GPS waypoint to PH seabuoy and
would then take a heading to Channel Islands harbor .... even though he
could see it. He did, but like Jax, wasn't sure, so he made a round turn
and finally headed off .... course, the fact that he could see me coming
at him with zero concern as to where he was may have affected his
decision to bugaloo west.

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