over the knee, it has to do with the the fact that navigating with DR as your
primary nav system is not necessary at all, given the low price of gps's today.
In addition, there is zero point zero need to nav at all in fog with rocks
nearby using DR.

over the knee, you need to get out on the water some time see what this stuff
is all about.

What does having GPS have to do with how the terms "dead reckoning",
"deduced reckoning", and "ded reckoning" are applied.
Sorry jax, but what you have to say about any phase of navigation
carries little if any weight since it's so obvious you have no practical
experience to back up your claims.

otn

JAXAshby wrote:
we have a start, don't we?

actually, many, many, many writers have said the very same thing I said.
It
is perhaps less of an issue today because gps's can be had for under a
hundred
bucks, new.


guys, you can argue idiocy all you want, but it does not change the fact

that

"dead" as used the context of navigation is incorrect usage as to what the

word

"dead" means.



Tell ya what you do ..... start writing letters to all those writers and
publishers of books, on the subject of navigation; all the marina
operators; port authorities; sailors, etc., and tell them JAXAshby says
the are to henceforth use only the term "ded reckoning" when discussing
"DR" and that it only applies to speed/time/heading.
Come back in a couple years and let us know how your campaign is going
.....

otn