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Not "zooming in" on GPS display leads to another incident
From: Gary LaPook
Date: 2016 Jul 1, 00:39 -0700
From: Gary LaPook
Date: 2016 Jul 1, 00:39 -0700
Just as we discussed last year about the Volvo race, the failure of the crew to zoom the display of their GPS led to the loss (temporarily) of two navy vessels.
See prior:
http://fer3.com/arc/m2.aspx/Vestas-Wind-Grounding-Report-McDonald-mar-2015-g30680
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