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Faulty depth finder attributed to whale attack!!
Subject: Faulty depth finder attributed to whale attack!!
From: "Simple Simon" Date: 10/07/2003 08:10 Pacific Standard Time Message-id: Bull****. A chart shows contours, bottom make up such as rock, sand, shell etc., possible upcoming obstructions and the like. This info is simply not available on a yacht depth sounder. S.Simon - not talking about big ship crap here . . . Not talking about "big ship crap" .... talking about Navigation. A chart is nothing more than a "picture" of an area that you may be in .... by itself, it's useless, until you can start applying other information, gleaned from other sources to locate yourself in a position on that chart. A fathometer, be it a recording, digital readout, or blinking light will help give you information to locate that position (personally, prefer the recording). Prior to the advent of all the electronic nav aids, such as LORAN, GPS, fathometers were much more frequently used to check, and even locate, ones position on a chart, be it in shallow or deep water. It's just another tool you have available .... shame you don't understand it's use .... but expected ..... Shen |
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