On Mon, 17 May 2004 07:09:59 GMT, "marklan" wrote:

Please let me know
that would be a big help and could save me from having to buy more charts.

No! Get a full set of the most detailed charts you can for the area
you are going to sail in and keep them up to date (from the web).

If you use GPS make sure you plot your course on the charts first to
check you're not sailing into danger areas before you set off.

GPS is useful for a quick check to confirm your position but you
should also confirm this by any other means you have available -
healthy scepticism is the order of the day!

Be aware that buoys move / are moved / appear / disappear and that at
best their positions are only approximate.

You should also be aware that some charts (Greek charts for example)
were surveyed using astro nav techniques and the land is shown in the
wrong place! (1/2 mile out last week in a bay on south coast of
Kalimnos!)

To sum up - use all available forms of position finding and treat them
all with caution!

Good sailing
Mike

"Bruce" wrote in message
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Hi Guys....

Is there a website on the internet that would give me the exact lat/long
location of local buoys to set up my GPS?

Many thanks....
Bruce Matthews
Monterey, Ca


Take care not to key the locs as way points 'cos that's where the boat will
go if you're not watching - straight into a buoy.


--
Hoges in WA
Remove the zeds.

Certain model of GPS have buoys and channel markers already in them.
The Garmin GPS MAP 76S is one of them, it also has tidal charts.

"Bruce" wrote in message
...
Hi Guys....

Is there a website on the internet that would give me the exact lat/long
location of local buoys to set up my GPS?

Many thanks....
Bruce Matthews
Monterey, Ca

hiya
A friend of mine ran into a buoy one dark night in the english channel
because he set his gps to the exact long/lat.

NEVER NEVER NEVER use buoy long/lats to program your GPS waypoints, you can
be sure everyone else is using the same long/lat obtained from a book/chart
assisted collision will get you in the end........

Use your brain and program your own long/lat to avoid the brainless ones
who use the books.


fragged

"Bruce" wrote in message
...
Hi Guys....

Is there a website on the internet that would give me the exact lat/long
location of local buoys to set up my GPS?

Many thanks....
Bruce Matthews
Monterey, Ca

Well, if he set his GPS to the exact lat and long, why did he hit the bouy?
I think you meant to say that he set his GPS to the wrong lat and long.
Additionally, you still have to put in lat and long if you use a chart. So
you're saying the books are wrong? Sometimes. But then so are the charts.

I think you need to have a lookout!


"fragged" wrote in message
...
hiya
A friend of mine ran into a buoy one dark night in the english channel
because he set his gps to the exact long/lat.

NEVER NEVER NEVER use buoy long/lats to program your GPS waypoints, you
can
be sure everyone else is using the same long/lat obtained from a
book/chart
assisted collision will get you in the end........

Use your brain and program your own long/lat to avoid the brainless ones
who use the books.


fragged

"Bruce" wrote in message
...
Hi Guys....

Is there a website on the internet that would give me the exact lat/long
location of local buoys to set up my GPS?

Many thanks....
Bruce Matthews
Monterey, Ca