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Bart Senior
 
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Default Interesting things you can't do with a Laptop

I agree. Most people rely to heavily on these things.
It is important to confirm your position by other means.

Also, most people, I find don't know how to use their
navigation electronics except in a very limited way. For
short trips in known waters it's unnecessary. For more
complicated situations and longer passages, it is a
God-send.

Any skipper with good navigation and piloting skills,
will still find electronic navigation is a valuable resource and
one that should not be ignored. Consider being able to give
GPS coordinates to a rescue party via radio in an emergency.
This alone is justification for having such things aboard. The
same goes for depth.


"Capt.Mooron" wrote

years. Massive amounts of the latest electronic navigation equipment for a
coastal sailing vessel generally indicates the level of incompetence of
the owner. That kind of stuff belongs on a power boat.

BTW- I have found out that people who do not use their sounder very much
while sailing ...generally are much more attentive to their chart and
charted soundings.. ergo less likely to hit bottom as often. It's just a
personal observation.