Run up the coast from Florida to NY and you will be 100 miles offshore. I wouldn't want to try to find Bermuda with DR only.
If your DR is current then you should be OK for most coastal runs. But it is so easy to learn basic sun sights and the sextant is such a great tool for racing on longer courses. 30 seconds tells if you are gaining or loosing on a competitor and many other uses. Don Newman C&C 44 > On Jan 15, 2014, at 16:21, Curtis <cpt.b...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hold on Don, I'm new to the world of sailing. I would like to learn all that > I can as soon as I can. I have spent a great many hours looking up stuff on > Google and U-tube. But very little time on sex-tents I want to and will learn > how they did it back in the OLD day. I don't think I will be freaking out to > make a coastal run from Charleston to say St Augustine without knowing how to > read the stars. I mean really? If you are doing long passage's. sure. But > the most of us are not going to Spain via the Philippians. I have a new > Garmin echo50s for Christmas and I now have a back up Garmin 215 and A Garmin > battery operated 76s. I feel safe with this. I do keep soft plugs and a > rubber hammer. > Just saying its good to feel this way. Nobody likes change. My dad was like > this about his type writer. Said the ned word processors would kill the > writer. and work will be lost. Bla, Bla,.Bla > My ¢ > > > Cheers > >> On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 3:57 PM, Don Newman <donrnew...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Absolutely right Martin. >> >> Too many years ago we were delivering a Landfall 48 from the Lyford Key to >> New York. A new boat that had been south one winter with all the latest >> toys. Loran, course computer, radar etc. The guys were giving me the gears >> about not needing my sextant. >> >> The first waves out of port washed the decks and ran through the deck Prism >> into the electronics bay, by the 4th wave everything was out. I pulled out >> the sextant and said "This still works". >> >> Even today, with everyone having two spare GPSs in their pockets and another >> on their watch, I wouldn't go offshore without it. A close lightning strike >> and all electronics on the boat could be taken out. I can't believe that >> some people don't even keep a DR log up to date updated with regular GPS >> fixes. How else could you tell if you are getting strange values from the >> magic box? >> >> >>> On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 2:02 PM, Martin DeYoung <mdeyo...@deyoungmfg.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>… found none of the boats electronics working.<< >>> >>> >>> >>> I still carry a lead line, paper charts, battery operated GPS and VHF, and >>> a sextant if going offshore. I rarely carry my very old school Walker >>> Taffrail Log but I have been looking for a 70’s Heathkit RDF to add to my >>> old boat stuff museum. >>> >>> >>> >>> Back in ’93 I was skipper on a delivery (Hawaii to Seattle) on a custom 46’ >>> sloop. A day or so out of Honolulu the engine ceased to function. When >>> trouble shooting we found the owner had incorrectly wired a new battery >>> into the bank in such a way that only 1 small starting battery was charged. >>> >>> >>> >>> The winds were un-characteristically light for early September making the >>> choice to carry on vs. a downwind trip back to Hawaii the lessor of two >>> weevils. To conserve the very limited 12 volt supply on board I shut >>> everything off. Lights, nav gear, water pumps etc. The crew grumbled but >>> all became much better “by feel” sailors, especially at night. I did have >>> a AA battery powered GPS that I turned on once a day for a fix. >>> >>> >>> >>> After a few days of very creative engine repairs including making our own >>> replacement valve springs. We used the sheet winches to turn the engine >>> over (think a lawnmower pull starter) to save 12 volt power for one engine >>> start attempt. We did get the engine to run on 3 cylinders to charge 12 V >>> batteries and chill the refrig and freezer. We could motor at slow speed >>> in flat water. >>> >>> >>> >>> Experiences like that one reinforce the habit of keeping old school >>> navigation equipment and charts/books on board whenever going any place >>> interesting or where the charts state “here there be monsters”. >>> >>> >>> >>> Martin >>> >>> Calypso >>> >>> 1971 C&C 43 >>> >>> Seattle >>> >>> >>> >>> From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Curtis >>> Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2014 10:10 AM >>> To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com >>> Subject: Re: Stus-List Redundent instrumentation / tools >>> >>> >>> >>> I love the fact that I will have some back up;s to back ups. Plus paper >>> charts and hand held Garmin 76 It gives me comfort to know that when done >>> with this process I will now all of my equipment. Before i sail. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album >>> http://www.cncphotoalbum.com >>> CnC-List@cnc-list.com >> >> >> >> -- >> Don Newman >> C&C 44 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album >> http://www.cncphotoalbum.com >> CnC-List@cnc-list.com > > > > -- > At sea, I learned how little a person needs, not how much. > - Robin Lee Graham > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com
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