I have a friend who is very proud of using a road atlas to bring his Tartan 30 from New York to Boston a few years back (way before GPS). There is much less to worry about with all that plain blue in Long Island Sound rather than seeing the tiresome rocks and shoals...
Tim On Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 2:24 PM, Frederick G Street <f...@postaudio.net>wrote: > The Brits have been dealing with these kinds of novice sailors for years; > this one from 2000: > > > http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/sailor-using-road-map-to-navigate-is-rescued-710914.html > > And another from 2012: > > > http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2167297/Lost-yachtsman-Andy-Brown-rescued-TWICE-using-ROAD-ATLAS-navigate-North-Sea.html > > > Fred Street -- Minneapolis > S/V Oceanis (1979 C&C Landfall 38) -- on the hard in Bayfield, WI :^( > > On Jan 16, 2014, at 7:41 AM, Bill Coleman <colt...@verizon.net> wrote: > > Interesting story about a novice going coastal cruising with only his > phone for location > > > http://www.soundingsonline.com/dispatches/291566-video-a-novice-sailor-and-a-moonless-night > > > > http://www.sanluisobispo.com/2014/01/09/2869285/boat-rescue-helicopter-piedras.html > > > > Bill Coleman > C&C 39 > > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > >
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