Thread: Should I learn celestial navigation before doing circumnavigation ?
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Default Should I learn celestial navigation before doing circumnavigation ?
jeff wrote in news:Y-
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ts surprising how many of the old timers actually didn't know
celestial.

Wouldn't the time be better spent learning how to USE that new navigation
program running on the laptop than screwing around with your astrolabe?

Most sailors I know have no idea how to use the nav program running on
their boat....beyond using it for a chart that plots itself and the
simplest of map programs.

Sure is neat to see all those AIS targets now placed on the chart plotters
on Lionheart...(c; That electronics guy has everything working great, now!

Larry
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