Joe wrote:
Any Sailor who sail the 7 seas should know the basics of navigation.

Questions for ye ol salts.

1.Define a celestial triangle.

2. Define the circle of equal altitute.

For navigation purposes what is the most important thing to know when
you get in your lifeboat?


Too easy for an old salt, impossible for the "modern navigators."

My father-in-law was on the Oklahoma, one of the last ships torpedoed
in WWII. Being the radio officer, he knew his watch error. The
captain had brought a sextant and charts, and between to two of them
they were able to navigate, sailing about 1000 miles in 17 days, until
they were rescued.