"Horvath" wrote in message
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On Mon, 25 Aug 2003 18:36:09 GMT, "Per Elmsäter"
wrote this crap:

Real sailors use nothing but digital charts. It is folish even to have
paper
charts as backup. What if they get washed overboard for instance, or
eaten
by the ships rat. No it is much safer to have a redundant system of
digital
charts.

You're an idiot. My charts are kept in the nav station, where they


Navstation. Holy mackerel. What do you think you've got? An Atlantic
freighter. Charts whether paper or electronic belong where the helmsman can
see them and nowhere else.

can't go overboard, and there are no rats on a good ship.

You're correct. You're a rat and you don't have a good ship.

What do you do if your batteries all go dead?


Real sailors don't let their batteries go dead. There is absolutely no
excuse for that to happen.

--
Perre

You have to be smarter than a robot to reply.

On Tue, 26 Aug 2003 09:51:41 +0200, "Per Elmsäter"
wrote this crap:

You're an idiot. My charts are kept in the nav station, where they


Navstation. Holy mackerel. What do you think you've got? An Atlantic
freighter. Charts whether paper or electronic belong where the helmsman can
see them and nowhere else.

Why should the helmsman look at the charts? He's got enough to do.
Watching the charts is the job of the navigator. The helmsman should
be watching the instruments, the sails, and the water. He doesn't
have time to look at charts.




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Especially not before leaving the dock. Of course, that's not
an issue for you, since you get your fags, I mean flags in a bar.

"Horvath" wrote in message
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On Tue, 26 Aug 2003 09:51:41 +0200, "Per Elmsäter"
wrote this crap:

You're an idiot. My charts are kept in the nav station, where they


Navstation. Holy mackerel. What do you think you've got? An Atlantic
freighter. Charts whether paper or electronic belong where the helmsman
can
see them and nowhere else.

Why should the helmsman look at the charts? He's got enough to do.
Watching the charts is the job of the navigator. The helmsman should
be watching the instruments, the sails, and the water. He doesn't
have time to look at charts.




Ave Imperator Bush!
Bush Was Right! Four More Years!