"cavelamb" wrote in message
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Brian Whatcott wrote:
cavelamb wrote:
anybody have any cool navigation tricks to share?

We went over running fixes tonight in class.


got to go to Block Island!
Always wanted to go there.

Keep all three GPSs dry, and spare Lion cells on hand?
(How crass of me!)

Brian W :-)


All the GPS shows is course to destination.

Based on that, how does one determine set and drift?


If you don't have a chartplotter associated with the unit, then the paper
chart is how. I don't have a chartplotter (yet)... don't really need it,
since most of my sailing is done on or near the bay, and I'm quite familiar
with the currents. For me, it mostly doesn't matter that much. When the fog
rolls in, we tend to avoid the shipping lanes and keep a good watch.

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