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Re: which would you choose?
From: William Trayfors
Date: 1999 Aug 03, 8:06 AM
From: William Trayfors
Date: 1999 Aug 03, 8:06 AM
Russell: The situation you pose is a straw man: GPS units are so cheap these days that you'd be a fool not to include one, along with the sextant. Better still, be sure to have backups for both (you can break a sextant at sea every bit as easily as a GPS unit can break or the system itself go down when you most need it). Bill At 03:52 PM 8/3/99 +0200, you wrote: >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 >