On Fri, 27 Oct 2017 22:00:50 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Fri, 27 Oct 2017 10:44:41 -0400, wrote:

On Fri, 27 Oct 2017 10:14:15 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Fri, 27 Oct 2017 06:47:19 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

Two women and a couple dogs lost at sea finally rescued after 5 months.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/27/us/wom...rnd/index.html

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An incredible tale of survival with more than a little bit of
incompetence thrown in to the mix. Anyone with a modicum of sailing
skill, and navigation skill/preparation, would not have ended up 2,000
miles off course. Fortunately they had plenty of water and food.

The boat looked intact. Sails etc. They must have just been lost. In
2017, no GPS (or 3)?
Hell even a sextant and a decent chart should have found something
that was inhabited.

===

Exactly. Celestial navigation is becoming a lost art unfortunately
but you can get pocket GPS units and a 5 year supply of batteries for
a few hundred dollars. Did they have charts? Who knows but you have
to wonder.

Judy said they were on the morning show and said they had a problem
with the mast and a problem with the engine. Sounds like they needed a
little mechanical knowledge and an EPIRB.

On Friday, 27 October 2017 23:34:17 UTC-3, justan wrote:
True North Wrote in message:
On Friday, 27 October 2017 11:44:56 UTC-3, wrote:
On Fri, 27 Oct 2017 10:14:15 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Fri, 27 Oct 2017 06:47:19 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

Two women and a couple dogs lost at sea finally rescued after 5 months.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/27/us/wom...rnd/index.html

===

An incredible tale of survival with more than a little bit of
incompetence thrown in to the mix. Anyone with a modicum of sailing
skill, and navigation skill/preparation, would not have ended up 2,000
miles off course. Fortunately they had plenty of water and food.

The boat looked intact. Sails etc. They must have just been lost. In
2017, no GPS (or 3)?
Hell even a sextant and a decent chart should have found something
that was inhabited.

If I was doing a trip like that, I'd look into the cost of a satellite phone.


Your cb radio will meet all your boating communication needs.
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Never have owned a CB nor will I ever.
Must be an 'merican thing...like Smokey and the Bandit , Great Big Convoy etc.

On 10/28/17 10:10 AM, True North wrote:
On Friday, 27 October 2017 23:34:17 UTC-3, justan wrote:
True North Wrote in message:
On Friday, 27 October 2017 11:44:56 UTC-3, wrote:
On Fri, 27 Oct 2017 10:14:15 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Fri, 27 Oct 2017 06:47:19 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

Two women and a couple dogs lost at sea finally rescued after 5 months.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/27/us/wom...rnd/index.html

===

An incredible tale of survival with more than a little bit of
incompetence thrown in to the mix. Anyone with a modicum of sailing
skill, and navigation skill/preparation, would not have ended up 2,000
miles off course. Fortunately they had plenty of water and food.

The boat looked intact. Sails etc. They must have just been lost. In
2017, no GPS (or 3)?
Hell even a sextant and a decent chart should have found something
that was inhabited.

If I was doing a trip like that, I'd look into the cost of a satellite phone.


Your cb radio will meet all your boating communication needs.
--
x


----Android NewsGroup Reader----
http://usenet.sinaapp.com/


Never have owned a CB nor will I ever.
Must be an 'merican thing...like Smokey and the Bandit , Great Big Convoy etc.



When Justa****head gets on his CB in his hotel room with wheels, all the
truckers switch to another channel.

True North Wrote in message:
On Friday, 27 October 2017 23:34:17 UTC-3, justan wrote:
True North Wrote in message:
On Friday, 27 October 2017 11:44:56 UTC-3, wrote:
On Fri, 27 Oct 2017 10:14:15 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Fri, 27 Oct 2017 06:47:19 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

Two women and a couple dogs lost at sea finally rescued after 5 months.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/27/us/wom...rnd/index.html

===

An incredible tale of survival with more than a little bit of
incompetence thrown in to the mix. Anyone with a modicum of sailing
skill, and navigation skill/preparation, would not have ended up 2,000
miles off course. Fortunately they had plenty of water and food.

The boat looked intact. Sails etc. They must have just been lost. In
2017, no GPS (or 3)?
Hell even a sextant and a decent chart should have found something
that was inhabited.

If I was doing a trip like that, I'd look into the cost of a satellite phone.


Your cb radio will meet all your boating communication needs.
--
x


----Android NewsGroup Reader----
http://usenet.sinaapp.com/


Never have owned a CB nor will I ever.
Must be an 'merican thing...like Smokey and the Bandit , Great Big Convoy etc.


Too late.You missed the boat on that one. So how do you
communicate when on the big briney?
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x


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wrote:

Hell even a sextant and a decent chart should have found something
that was inhabited.

Made me think of the movie All Is Lost. After losing all of his electronics,
Redford sits down with a (previously unused) sextant and a book on
navigation and figures out how to use it. It's not like he or those women
had more important things to do with their spare time.

At the end of 5 months, I'd be pretty good at navigating with the stars.

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On Sat, 28 Oct 2017 07:10:54 -0700 (PDT), True North
wrote:

On Friday, 27 October 2017 23:34:17 UTC-3, justan wrote:


Never have owned a CB nor will I ever.
Must be an 'merican thing...like Smokey and the Bandit , Great Big Convoy etc.

CB radio was big on the lower Chesapeake in the late 70s early 80s
among serious fishermen and some of the commercial guys. With a real
marine antenna you could get out 15 or 20 miles across the water and
even better to a base station on land with a taller than legal
antenna.
Schiebels base in Ridge could talk to the Bay Queen down past Tangier
Island.
Most of the weekend warriors didn't even know they were on the air.
I had a CB in my vehicles during most of the 70s and early 80s when I
was driving DC to Florida several times a year. It shaved an hour or
two off the trip ;-)

On Sat, 28 Oct 2017 07:23:50 -0700, "Paul Hovnanian P.E."
wrote:

wrote:

Hell even a sextant and a decent chart should have found something
that was inhabited.

Made me think of the movie All Is Lost. After losing all of his electronics,
Redford sits down with a (previously unused) sextant and a book on
navigation and figures out how to use it. It's not like he or those women
had more important things to do with their spare time.

At the end of 5 months, I'd be pretty good at navigating with the stars.

You need more than Bowditch, you also need the new almanac and a very
accurate clock/watch for longitude. Otherwise the sextant is pretty
useless.
It is interesting that I could not find a free one online too. I
suppose it is there somewhere but not easy to find.

On Saturday, 28 October 2017 11:15:32 UTC-3, Keyser Soze wrote:
On 10/28/17 10:10 AM, True North wrote:
On Friday, 27 October 2017 23:34:17 UTC-3, justan wrote:
True North Wrote in message:
On Friday, 27 October 2017 11:44:56 UTC-3, wrote:
On Fri, 27 Oct 2017 10:14:15 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Fri, 27 Oct 2017 06:47:19 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

Two women and a couple dogs lost at sea finally rescued after 5 months.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/27/us/wom...rnd/index.html

===

An incredible tale of survival with more than a little bit of
incompetence thrown in to the mix. Anyone with a modicum of sailing
skill, and navigation skill/preparation, would not have ended up 2,000
miles off course. Fortunately they had plenty of water and food.

The boat looked intact. Sails etc. They must have just been lost. In
2017, no GPS (or 3)?
Hell even a sextant and a decent chart should have found something
that was inhabited.

If I was doing a trip like that, I'd look into the cost of a satellite phone.


Your cb radio will meet all your boating communication needs.
--
x


----Android NewsGroup Reader----
http://usenet.sinaapp.com/


Never have owned a CB nor will I ever.
Must be an 'merican thing...like Smokey and the Bandit , Great Big Convoy etc.



When Justa****head gets on his CB in his hotel room with wheels, all the
truckers switch to another channel.

I agree wholeheartedly with this post. The long road can be boring enough without her incessant giggling.

On Saturday, 28 October 2017 11:20:22 UTC-3, justan wrote:
True North Wrote in message:
On Friday, 27 October 2017 23:34:17 UTC-3, justan wrote:
True North Wrote in message:
On Friday, 27 October 2017 11:44:56 UTC-3, wrote:
On Fri, 27 Oct 2017 10:14:15 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Fri, 27 Oct 2017 06:47:19 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

Two women and a couple dogs lost at sea finally rescued after 5 months.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/27/us/wom...rnd/index.html

===

An incredible tale of survival with more than a little bit of
incompetence thrown in to the mix. Anyone with a modicum of sailing
skill, and navigation skill/preparation, would not have ended up 2,000
miles off course. Fortunately they had plenty of water and food.

The boat looked intact. Sails etc. They must have just been lost. In
2017, no GPS (or 3)?
Hell even a sextant and a decent chart should have found something
that was inhabited.

If I was doing a trip like that, I'd look into the cost of a satellite phone.


Your cb radio will meet all your boating communication needs.
--
x


----Android NewsGroup Reader----
http://usenet.sinaapp.com/


Never have owned a CB nor will I ever.
Must be an 'merican thing...like Smokey and the Bandit , Great Big Convoy etc.


Too late.You missed the boat on that one. So how do you
communicate when on the big briney?
--
x


If you're referring to my bowrider, I use a VHF or cellphone like everyone else.

wrote:

you also need the new almanac

Of course.

and a very accurate clock/watch for longitude.

There's always the moon. Not as easy, but close enough to get within radio
hailing range of Tahiti.

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Paul Hovnanian
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