On Tue, 18 Sep 2007 01:28:53 -0000, otnmbrd
wrote:

Jere Lull wrote in news:2007091720575416807-
jerelull@maccom:

On 2007-09-16 16:36:13 -0400, roger said:

Why not rise above the crowd and learn celestial navigation. It is not
an obsolete skill and people respect those that know how to do it even
if they won't admit it.

Didn't Annapolis stop requiring celestial navigation a year or two back?


EG Annapolis is Navy..... not professional mariners.....nuff said


I have a good friend who is both a university trained Marine Engineer
and a licensed ships officer (2nd engineer). His primary work is being
a project manager on VLCC, modifications and repairs but between
projects sometimes sails as second engineer on VLCC's or container
ships.

During the last discussion of sextants I happened to run into him in
Singapore and asked him if modern shipping still used celestial
navigation. He told me that on some ships junior officers still took
noon sights but only because the Captain felt it was a useful skill
for a ship's officer. Other ships didn't have a sextant aboard.


Bruce in Bangkok
(brucepaigeATgmailDOTcom)