NavList:

   

Reply

Greg R. wrote:
> --- frankreed@HistoricalAtlas.net wrote:
>
>
>> What do you think he's talking about?
>>
>
> Obviously someone who hasn't had a major electrical/electronics failure
> while out on the open ocean...  ;-)
>
Would that include my quartz crystal controlled watch?

I truly believe in the adage that a good navigator has two or more
sources of positional information available.   And only a fool would go
offshore with a single GPS set, even if it were integrated into the
fanciest electronic charting system.

But I can't figure out why the "can't trust electronics, gotta use
celestial" crowd seems perfectly happy with electronic chronometers
(synchronized, of course, by listening to WWV or BBC), and perhaps even
reducing their sights using a calculator.   Those electronics are
subject to exactly the same failure modes as GPS sets.



--~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~
To post to this group, send email to NavList@fer3.com
To , send email to NavList-@fer3.com
-~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---

   

Reply