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Re: which would you choose?
From: Dan Hogan
Date: 1999 Aug 03, 10:29 AM
From: Dan Hogan
Date: 1999 Aug 03, 10:29 AM
Well having been in this position once. Here's what we had. Tables H.O. 249, Sextant Hughes, Almanac, Time pieces: 3 Quartz from yard sales, Shortwave Radio, Pilot Charts ,2 INT Plotting charts, 3 destination large scale charts. > >While we're on the subject of how to best spend the $1000, I noted with >interest that everyone made provision for at least one GPS receiver - I >certainly agree. Now how about the following, slightly modified situation? >Which would you choose, given only the following two choices for your >navigational aspects, with no other options allowed: Either, 1) One >GPS receiver > > OR > >2) Sextant, tables and timepiece etc. > >Assume that this is for an ocean crossing and perhaps for extended >cruising afterwards. > >Cheers >Russell > Dan Hogan WA6PBY dhhogan@nav.cnchost.com Navigation-L: http://nav.cnchost.com