NavList:
A Community Devoted to the Preservation and Practice of Celestial Navigation and Other Methods of Traditional Wayfinding
Re: De Lurk
From: UNK
Date: 2003 Feb 7, 14:28 -0500
From: UNK
Date: 2003 Feb 7, 14:28 -0500
On Wednesday, February 05, 2003 11:11 PM Bill Sellar [mailto:WSellar@BRCO.COM] asked: > Now that I have joined in after months of lurking, I am curious > about the make up of the list. To what extent are you boat > owners, sailors, voyagers, etc. who pursue navigation to > actually operate their boats? It seems that there may be some > who are interested in the subject, but don't actually go to sea. > Just curious? Up until 10 years ago, I got offshore on other people's boats, racing, or delivering boats to/from races. Especially during the races I concentrated on the LORAN or GPS fixes and my DR, but I always carried a sextant for backup and tried to work in a few sights, especially sun lines on the beam or on the bow. I have since "graduated" to my own boat, a 24' Edey & Duff Stone Horse, in which we poot around southern New England. Celestial remains an absorbing hobby. -- Peter
