"Chuck Gould" wrote in message
ups.com...
I'm writing a short item this morning about hand held bearing
compasses.

I carry one on my boat, and could find it in an instant. I suspect,
however, that in this age of electro-nav gimmicks I'm now in the
minority.

Three questions:

1. Do you carry a bearing compass?

A/ Certainly...

2. Whether you carry one or not, do you know why anybody would want
to?
B/ navigation... taking relative bearings to local landmarks to pinpoint my
position on a chart

3. Do you have any charts aboard, or are you running depending
strictly on an uninterrupted supply of DC power and counting on 100%
reliability from your electronics for navigation information?

C/ Yes... have charts. older GPS used as backup.

On Fri, 27 Jul 2007 13:52:39 -0300, "Don White"
wrote:


"Chuck Gould" wrote in message
oups.com...
I'm writing a short item this morning about hand held bearing
compasses.

I carry one on my boat, and could find it in an instant. I suspect,
however, that in this age of electro-nav gimmicks I'm now in the
minority.

Three questions:

1. Do you carry a bearing compass?

A/ Certainly...

2. Whether you carry one or not, do you know why anybody would want
to?
B/ navigation... taking relative bearings to local landmarks to pinpoint my
position on a chart

3. Do you have any charts aboard, or are you running depending
strictly on an uninterrupted supply of DC power and counting on 100%
reliability from your electronics for navigation information?

C/ Yes... have charts. older GPS used as backup.

What's with the A/,B/,C/?
I thought compasses had NSEW.
Some kind of nav chart notation?
I plan to learn to read charts, but you're scaring me here.

--Vic

"Vic Smith" wrote in message
...
On Fri, 27 Jul 2007 13:52:39 -0300, "Don White"
wrote:


"Chuck Gould" wrote in message
roups.com...
I'm writing a short item this morning about hand held bearing
compasses.

I carry one on my boat, and could find it in an instant. I suspect,
however, that in this age of electro-nav gimmicks I'm now in the
minority.

Three questions:

1. Do you carry a bearing compass?

A/ Certainly...

2. Whether you carry one or not, do you know why anybody would want
to?
B/ navigation... taking relative bearings to local landmarks to pinpoint
my
position on a chart

3. Do you have any charts aboard, or are you running depending
strictly on an uninterrupted supply of DC power and counting on 100%
reliability from your electronics for navigation information?

C/ Yes... have charts. older GPS used as backup.

What's with the A/,B/,C/?
I thought compasses had NSEW.
Some kind of nav chart notation?
I plan to learn to read charts, but you're scaring me here.

--Vic

No...nothing so complicated...
Chuck labeled his questions 1, 2, & 3......so I labeled my answers A/, B/, &
C/

"Don White" wrote in message
...

"Vic Smith" wrote in message
...
On Fri, 27 Jul 2007 13:52:39 -0300, "Don White"
wrote:


"Chuck Gould" wrote in message
groups.com...
I'm writing a short item this morning about hand held bearing
compasses.

I carry one on my boat, and could find it in an instant. I suspect,
however, that in this age of electro-nav gimmicks I'm now in the
minority.

Three questions:

1. Do you carry a bearing compass?

A/ Certainly...

2. Whether you carry one or not, do you know why anybody would want
to?
B/ navigation... taking relative bearings to local landmarks to pinpoint
my
position on a chart

3. Do you have any charts aboard, or are you running depending
strictly on an uninterrupted supply of DC power and counting on 100%
reliability from your electronics for navigation information?

C/ Yes... have charts. older GPS used as backup.

What's with the A/,B/,C/?
I thought compasses had NSEW.
Some kind of nav chart notation?
I plan to learn to read charts, but you're scaring me here.

--Vic

No...nothing so complicated...
Chuck labeled his questions 1, 2, & 3......so I labeled my answers A/, B/,
& C/


You Canucks always have to complicate things.

On Fri, 27 Jul 2007 17:50:02 -0300, "Don White"
wrote:


"Vic Smith" wrote in message
.. .
On Fri, 27 Jul 2007 13:52:39 -0300, "Don White"
wrote:


"Chuck Gould" wrote in message
groups.com...
I'm writing a short item this morning about hand held bearing
compasses.

I carry one on my boat, and could find it in an instant. I suspect,
however, that in this age of electro-nav gimmicks I'm now in the
minority.

Three questions:

1. Do you carry a bearing compass?

A/ Certainly...

2. Whether you carry one or not, do you know why anybody would want
to?
B/ navigation... taking relative bearings to local landmarks to pinpoint
my
position on a chart

3. Do you have any charts aboard, or are you running depending
strictly on an uninterrupted supply of DC power and counting on 100%
reliability from your electronics for navigation information?

C/ Yes... have charts. older GPS used as backup.

What's with the A/,B/,C/?
I thought compasses had NSEW.
Some kind of nav chart notation?
I plan to learn to read charts, but you're scaring me here.

--Vic

No...nothing so complicated...
Chuck labeled his questions 1, 2, & 3......so I labeled my answers A/, B/, &
C/

..it get I now, Okay

--Vic

On Fri, 27 Jul 2007 13:39:36 -0500, Vic Smith
wrote:

I plan to learn to read charts, but you're scaring me here.

If you want to edumacate youself on it, here is a great book:

Piloting & Dead Reckoning - Shufeldt/Dunlap/Bauer, Fourth Edition.

Tell you everything you wanted to know and then some.

You might also want to pick up a copy of Chart No. 1.

On Fri, 27 Jul 2007 21:12:55 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

On Fri, 27 Jul 2007 13:39:36 -0500, Vic Smith
wrote:

I plan to learn to read charts, but you're scaring me here.

If you want to edumacate youself on it, here is a great book:

Piloting & Dead Reckoning - Shufeldt/Dunlap/Bauer, Fourth Edition.

Tell you everything you wanted to know and then some.

You might also want to pick up a copy of Chart No. 1.

Thanks. Order is in to Phineas Fogg, bookseller in OR.
4th Ed., very good condition. I'll order Chart 1 shortly.
You may have mentioned this to me before, so I didn't
want to let it go again.

--Vic

On Fri, 27 Jul 2007 16:35:30 -0500, Vic Smith
wrote:

On Fri, 27 Jul 2007 21:12:55 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

On Fri, 27 Jul 2007 13:39:36 -0500, Vic Smith
wrote:

I plan to learn to read charts, but you're scaring me here.

If you want to edumacate youself on it, here is a great book:

Piloting & Dead Reckoning - Shufeldt/Dunlap/Bauer, Fourth Edition.

Tell you everything you wanted to know and then some.

You might also want to pick up a copy of Chart No. 1.

Thanks. Order is in to Phineas Fogg, bookseller in OR.
4th Ed., very good condition. I'll order Chart 1 shortly.
You may have mentioned this to me before, so I didn't
want to let it go again.

Thanks. Ordered "Chapman Nautical Chart No. 1: The Essential Guide to
Chart Reading and Navigation." Got this one new.
Soon I'll be a sailor, er, boater again. Or maybe just a reader.

--Vic

Vic Smith wrote:
On Fri, 27 Jul 2007 13:52:39 -0300, "Don White"
wrote:

"Chuck Gould" wrote in message
ups.com...
I'm writing a short item this morning about hand held bearing
compasses.

I carry one on my boat, and could find it in an instant. I suspect,
however, that in this age of electro-nav gimmicks I'm now in the
minority.

Three questions:

1. Do you carry a bearing compass?
A/ Certainly...
2. Whether you carry one or not, do you know why anybody would want
to?
B/ navigation... taking relative bearings to local landmarks to pinpoint my
position on a chart
3. Do you have any charts aboard, or are you running depending
strictly on an uninterrupted supply of DC power and counting on 100%
reliability from your electronics for navigation information?
C/ Yes... have charts. older GPS used as backup.

What's with the A/,B/,C/?
I thought compasses had NSEW.
Some kind of nav chart notation?
I plan to learn to read charts, but you're scaring me here.

--Vic

FYI - You're replying to a moron.

"Dan" wrote in message
hlink.net...
Vic Smith wrote:
On Fri, 27 Jul 2007 13:52:39 -0300, "Don White"
wrote:

"Chuck Gould" wrote in message
ups.com...
I'm writing a short item this morning about hand held bearing
compasses.

I carry one on my boat, and could find it in an instant. I suspect,
however, that in this age of electro-nav gimmicks I'm now in the
minority.

Three questions:

1. Do you carry a bearing compass?
A/ Certainly...
2. Whether you carry one or not, do you know why anybody would want
to?
B/ navigation... taking relative bearings to local landmarks to
pinpoint my position on a chart
3. Do you have any charts aboard, or are you running depending
strictly on an uninterrupted supply of DC power and counting on 100%
reliability from your electronics for navigation information?
C/ Yes... have charts. older GPS used as backup.
What's with the A/,B/,C/?
I thought compasses had NSEW.
Some kind of nav chart notation?
I plan to learn to read charts, but you're scaring me here.

--Vic

FYI - You're replying to a moron.

Dan is as Dan says!