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Not so much a Luddite in my old age
On Tue, 17 Mar 2009 09:03:16 -0700 (PDT), Frogwatch
wrote: None of this "My bearing to that mark cannot exceed 280 or we are in danger from the shoal" business, you just look at the plotter. I could get to like that........maybe. However, I wonder how much one gives up when he goes hi-tech. Do you lose the sense of 'figuring it all out"? On a power boat that is moving right along, the convenience, speed and accuracy of a chart plotter is hard to beat. With the aid of a laptop computer and inexpensive USB GPS you can get most of what you need at a very low price. The charts are free to download these days and there are several charting software packages available for free or very little. http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=USB+GPS&aq=f&oq= http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=free+navigation+charting+software&b tnG=Search |
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Not so much a Luddite in my old age
On Mar 17, 4:03 pm, Wayne.B wrote:
On Tue, 17 Mar 2009 09:03:16 -0700 (PDT), Frogwatch wrote: None of this "My bearing to that mark cannot exceed 280 or we are in danger from the shoal" business, you just look at the plotter. I could get to like that........maybe. However, I wonder how much one gives up when he goes hi-tech. Do you lose the sense of 'figuring it all out"? On a power boat that is moving right along, the convenience, speed and accuracy of a chart plotter is hard to beat. With the aid of a laptop computer and inexpensive USB GPS you can get most of what you need at a very low price. The charts are free to download these days and there are several charting software packages available for free or very little. http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=USB+GPS&aq=f&oq= http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=free+navigation+charting+softwar... Generally, it has been on the Tolman rather than the sailboat where a chartplotter would have been most useful. |
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