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I think the biggest problem with all the new electronics is the faith put in
them buy unsalted owners. At times we have new people on the boats that will
lay out a GPS course and go. Then we have to remind them to look outside the
boat as they are making their way from waypoint to waypoint.



It's the mental set of the new boaters. They have been told how
wonderful the electronics are and they never question them or their
performance. It's this "blind faith" that leads to trouble.

The reason I want to use celestial offshore is to retain the
uncertanty in the back of my mind. That little ghost-voice saying,
"You're not really at that spot on the chart. You're somewhere around
that spot... maybe."
Mark E. Williams