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Smithers
 
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Default Sun Compass Skills


I look at the sun in the AM and know that is the east. In the PM I look at
the sun and I know that is west.

I am close?


" JimH" wrote in message
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"Skipper" wrote in message
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Here's the situation: You're 100 miles offshore and bailing to the
liferaft. You've become disoriented and have lost your bearings. You
reach for the GPS-12 and find it's DOA. Among your options is the sun
compass. Do you know how to make and use one?

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Skipper


In this scenario what good is any sort of compass going to do for you
Skipper?

Do you plan on trying to paddle a life raft 100 miles to shore against a
current?