I agree that no accomplished boater would teach someone to navigate with
GPS alone. But it's the Newbies that buy a new boat, with all the bells
and whistles, except a chart, and fire out across the western end of
Lake Erie, only to run aground on a reel. Or like the boat last year
that ran into an island, at night, killing all 6 on board.

On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 12:58:44 -0500, (Jim P.) wrote:
But it's the Newbies that buy a new boat, with all the bells
and whistles, except a chart, and fire out across the western end of
Lake Erie, only to run aground on a reel. Or like the boat last year
that ran into an island, at night, killing all 6 on board.

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Tragic but that kind of accident has been happening for a long time,
since well before the advent of GPS, LORAN or even RDF. It's just
Darwin doing his thing.