BB got that info from his gizmo sales worm.

Sadly the Navy is about to announce that we will officially be
eliminated the Quarter Master's rating.

The title will only be a paragraph in the history books. As it stands
now, QMs will merge with, and share in the duties of Operation
Specialists in 2006.

I guess progress means that the Navy no longer needs dedicated Master
Mariners on the bridge because gizmo whiz-bang technology has the
capability to accurately and instantly provide the ship's position on
a display screen. Great technology, to be sure... but what about having
focused cappable Master Mariners on the bridge?

You now see why sailors like BB fear sailing out of the sight of land,
why they worry about breaking a compass, the binnacle fgalling over,
paper chart getting blown overboard. Without a machine telling what to
do they would crumble like the oreo cookies they steals from the little
rugrat!

GOD forbid they ever lost all power!!!!!

All they know.... they learned from the Gizmo man.

I pity the man who never knows what he going to miss not having paper
charts.

I bet BB thinks TVMDC is a hip hopp station on the boobtube.

Joe

The Navy starting going downhill when they got rid of those guys shoveling
coal. Next, they actually enclosed the bridges! What wimps! Then they
stopped teaching and using the sextant.

I miss the good old days too, rocks for ballast and tarred hemp rigging.



"Joe" wrote in message
ups.com...
BB got that info from his gizmo sales worm.

Sadly the Navy is about to announce that we will officially be
eliminated the Quarter Master's rating.

The title will only be a paragraph in the history books. As it stands
now, QMs will merge with, and share in the duties of Operation
Specialists in 2006.

I guess progress means that the Navy no longer needs dedicated Master
Mariners on the bridge because gizmo whiz-bang technology has the
capability to accurately and instantly provide the ship's position on
a display screen. Great technology, to be sure... but what about having
focused cappable Master Mariners on the bridge?

You now see why sailors like BB fear sailing out of the sight of land,
why they worry about breaking a compass, the binnacle fgalling over,
paper chart getting blown overboard. Without a machine telling what to
do they would crumble like the oreo cookies they steals from the little
rugrat!

GOD forbid they ever lost all power!!!!!

All they know.... they learned from the Gizmo man.

I pity the man who never knows what he going to miss not having paper
charts.

I bet BB thinks TVMDC is a hip hopp station on the boobtube.

Joe

It started to go downhill when the rum ration was abolished!! Scallywags
the lot!!!

CM

"Bob Crantz" wrote in message
The Navy starting going downhill when they got rid of those guys shoveling
coal. Next, they actually enclosed the bridges! What wimps! Then they
stopped teaching and using the sextant.

I miss the good old days too, rocks for ballast and tarred hemp rigging.

Joe wrote:

BB got that info from his gizmo sales worm.

Sadly the Navy is about to announce that we will officially be
eliminated the Quarter Master's rating.

The title will only be a paragraph in the history books. As it stands
now, QMs will merge with, and share in the duties of Operation
Specialists in 2006.

I guess progress means that the Navy no longer needs dedicated Master
Mariners on the bridge because gizmo whiz-bang technology has the
capability to accurately and instantly provide the ship's position on
a display screen. Great technology, to be sure... but what about having
focused cappable Master Mariners on the bridge?


Not much help in naval warfare these days, Joe. If the fancy gizmos ever
stop working, then the ship is dead meat anyway. Might as well use a
gizmo for navigating too, eliminate the navigator, and ease the manpower
shortage.

In case you hadn't heard, military recruiting is down.





I bet BB thinks TVMDC is a hip hopp station on the boobtube.


No, it's a character in The Rocky Horror Picture Show

DSK

And thats fine for the Navy. But not for a sailor on his own boat. I
can find no reason I would want to toss my charts.

But then again not only do I maintain a proper plot, I make notes on my
charts, drawings, symbols, dock names, locations of fuel and water,
marina notes, channel notes, fishing hot spots, good catches, regetta
routes, hang off bouys, liquor stores, shrimboat docks, landmarks,
field notes, bridge and lock channels, traffic notes, oyster reefs,
grocery stops, and a hundred other things you will not see or recall on
your gizmos. I can access this information without power.... and it's
crash and virus free.

No need for a fat ass lubbery loser like BB to get up and do a proper
plot when he can watch it on TV I guess.

Joe

Joe wrote:
And thats fine for the Navy. But not for a sailor on his own boat.

Agree

.... I
can find no reason I would want to toss my charts.


Me neither.
If nothing else, charts are fun to look at before and after a voyage.

But then again not only do I maintain a proper plot, I make notes on my
charts, drawings, symbols, dock names, locations of fuel and water,
marina notes, channel notes, fishing hot spots, good catches, regetta
routes, hang off bouys,

You mean "moorings"?

... liquor stores, shrimboat docks, landmarks,
field notes, bridge and lock channels, traffic notes, oyster reefs,
grocery stops, and a hundred other things you will not see or recall on
your gizmos.

Well, you can add all those notes to some types of electronic charts.
You can also use standard symbols which will rescale with the chart
view, and create & re-use your own symbols.


... I can access this information without power.... and it's
crash and virus free.


Yeah, well, there is that.
Electronic doo-dads have a terrible record for reliability IMHO. They
tend to work great until you really really need them. So, the best way
to avoid a crash is to never need them that badly.


No need for a fat ass lubbery loser like BB to get up and do a proper
plot when he can watch it on TV I guess.


Bubbles would enjoy a nice sailing video game.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sportacademy/h...00/2281561.stm

DSK

DSK wrote:



Bubbles would enjoy a nice sailing video game.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sportacademy/h...00/2281561.stm

It's further than he'll ever get from the dock! Love the noise the
sqids make when you run them down!

Cheers
Martin

Hang off bouys are close to oil rigs and have about 150 of 3" line.
Great for stopping, easy to get fouled on day and night.

joe

Doug said Well, you can add all those notes to some types of
electronic charts.
You can also use standard symbols which will rescale with the chart
view, and create & re-use your own symbols.



Yeah and it can all be lost with ease, and takes 10 times longer at do.


Joe

"Joe" wrote.

Sadly the Navy is about to announce that we will officially be
eliminated the Quarter Master's rating.

The title will only be a paragraph in the history books. As it stands
now, QMs will merge with, and share in the duties of Operation
Specialists in 2006.

Does that mean they'll have to learn to pour well-sugared coffee into
trackball wells?

I guess progress means that the Navy no longer needs dedicated Master
Mariners .....

They said the same thing when navys began using charts, compasses and
accurate clocks.