On Tue, 27 Jul 2004 19:21:35 -0400, Matt Colie
wrote:

Mike,

You do not need a GPS.
You do need to know how to navigate and have a current set of charts on
board. GPS or NO. (Stories by request only) That said....

Yes. The GPS will tell you where you are, but without the chart that
won't tell you anything.

A GPS should be thought of as another form of bearing compass.

That's a stretch. It takes both bearings and ranges on a few
satellites and does the calculations, all in one second.



Rodney Myrvaagnes NYC J36 Gjo/a

"Happy is he that taketh thy little ones and dasheth them upon the stones." __Psalm 137