CANDChelp wrote:
This is not a safe attitude.

It is, to my mind, safer than the alternative of going out with only a
partial understanding of traditional nav.

You shouldn't go anywhere until you can read and understand paper
charts. I think you'll find that most sailors will agree.

As do I - I did say that one needs some basic understanding of charts and
coordinates to make sense of GPS and radar.


You can do far better with a 20 dollar chart and handheld compass
than you can with a 500 dollar GPS.

You can do very little without a chart and compass, other than sail by sight
and play guessing games with the rocks. GPS is still a much easier way for a
newbie to triangulate their position.


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Wally
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