On our latest cruise, we put the portable GPS and one of the VHF handhelds into the oven whenever there was any electrical activity. Better chance than zero.
Jim Watts Paradigm Shift C&C 35 Mk III Victoria, BC On 16 January 2014 14:24, Andrew Burton <a.burton.sai...@gmail.com> wrote: > I own a nice 1954 Plath sextant that I used to make my living for a couple > of decades. The novelty has kind of warn off. Remember, it's not just the > sextant, but at least two volumes of HO 249 plus the almanac. > That being said, I'd never tell a crewmember there wasn't room for their > sextant aboard any boat I was on. > > Andy > C&C 40 > Peregrine > > > On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 5:16 PM, Don Newman <donrnew...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> The odds are slim but you could loose all electronics including that >> transistor radio from a close lightning strike and a plastic sextant is >> cheap and light. >> >> Working on computers since 1965 has destroyed any faith I have in any >> electronic device working when I really need it. >> >> I am sure you will always find a safe harbour but we need to encourage >> everyone to plan ahead and understand the basic tools first. >> >> Fair winds and calm seas. >> >> >> Don Newman >> C&C 44 >> >> > <a.burton.sai...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> > True, Don. and depending on how far away I am, I to doubt I'd find >> Bermuda, so on to my destination...unless I had a portable radio I could >> make use as a makeshift RDF, or was within 50 miles and could get Bermuda >> Radio to give me a bearing on my VHF signal. >> > >> > Given all the crap I have to pack on these trips, not having to take a >> sextant along--and get it through security without some bozo TSA agent >> picking it up by the arm and then getting it in the overhead bin without it >> being banged around, etc.--saves a lot of trouble. >> > >> > I can use a hand-bearing compass to tell whether someone's gaining or >> losing >> > >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ >> This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album >> http://www.cncphotoalbum.com >> CnC-List@cnc-list.com >> > > > > -- > Andrew Burton > 61 W Narragansett Ave > Newport, RI > USA 02840 > http://sites.google.com/site/andrewburtonyachtservices/ > phone +401 965 5260 > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > >
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