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Even in this high tech age, I still carry paper charts, parallel rules and
of course a compass, actually two of them as we have a hand bearing one. Another thing that was aboard from the PO was a hand held LF direction finder which tunes up to the broadcast band for AM radio stations. Leanne s/v Fundy "Ryk" wrote in message news ![]() On Thu, 09 Nov 2006 17:46:01 GMT, in message "Dennis Pogson" wrote: claus wrote: Yes, Captain John, you did :-) I "should have" added that I have a second Garmin handheld GPS receiver and in case the Boat's GPS fails or the entire electrical system fails I will simply use the laptop with the Garmin to carry on... And of course, I carry a complete set of paper charts. So my approach is basically "belts and suspenders"... Now if Homeland Security switches off the entire GPS system I am f*****, but I guess so is everyone else (especially commercial aviation) ... I have a feeling that your boat would still be afloat. We had sailboats before GPS didn't we? And even if only modestly equipped, I would still expect to find compass, log, and VHF on board which would be plenty to set a DR course for a decent sized land mass, then communicate with the locals to find a safe way in. Ryk |
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