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Re: LORAN over board
From: Bill Lionheart
Date: 2019 Aug 20, 22:32 +0100
From: Bill Lionheart
Date: 2019 Aug 20, 22:32 +0100
Well its a bit extreme, and this is not but I was once on 70 foot ketch heading towards a narrow channel with dangerous rocks. The skipper came along and undid the compass from its mount an took it below. He wanted me to trust in pilotage not steer a compass course. On Tue, 20 Aug 2019 at 20:33, John Carbonewrote: > > Interesting post by Michal Carr a retired CW4 from G Captain who threw the ship’s Loran over the side to show his crew had to rely on celestial navigation. > > https://gcaptain.com/carr-loran-overboard/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Gcaptain+%28gCaptain.com%29&goal=0_f50174ef03-74bf03fd1e-139834045&mc_cid=74bf03fd1e&mc_eid=6d4dd68396 > > “Civility is manifested not only in what we do, but in what we choose not to do.” John M. Carbone > > > John M. Carbone, Esq. > > Carbone and Faasse > 401 Goffle Road > Ridgewood, NJ 07450 > > Phone (201) 445 - 7100 > FAX (201) 445 - 7520 > Cell. (201) 394 - 7888 > > Home (973) 423 - 3157 > > > Professional E-mail ussrecount---.com > > > >