Hey jaxie, you're the one who had three GPS's and Loran and was still afraid of
hitting the "rocks" at Cape Hatteras. You even showed a picture of the surf ten
miles away from the light to show how dangerous it was. Your first comment on
the experience was that it would be impossible without a GPS!

I used to cruise the Maine coast, often going 30 miles off shore and making
landfall in the fog with nothing more than a Ray-Jefferson RDF. I also carried
a paper "lifeboat sextant" but had little occasion to use it. You, on the other
hand, are scared ****less of being within 10 miles of shoals, even with 3 GPS's
on board! If you just learned how to read a chart and use a compass the world
wouldn't be such a scary place, jaxie!



"JAXAshby" wrote in message
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dougies and jeffies and others seem eternally worried about NAVIGATING AT SEA
without triple redundant gps's, RDF, working C. Plath sextant, Almanac,
chronometer and SSB for time clicks.

This sailor -- who has sailed something more than a Hunter 19 or training
wheels -- thinks a single cardboard beer box is enough.

"When we asked what Babe would use to navigate, he pulled out a crude
astrolabe-like device he made from the cardboard from a beer box. "With this,
I
can get my position, without tables or a watch, to within 60 miles."

see link for more of the story:

http://www.latitude38.com/LectronicL...#anchor1085433