Bobsprit wrote:
I didn't say that it affected the trip. But with a newbie navigator,
I would have thought that some sort of backup that was better than
'failing batteries' would have been prudent.

We had a backup. They're called "paper charts." They don't need
batteries, nor does the 3 compasses we carry.

I thought the paper charts were your primary nav tools, and that the GPS was
the backup?


In any case we were able to use the GPS for the whole trip.

20-20.


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