Well, as one who regularly uses an iPad as a nav tool, I guess my nav skills are inappropriate! I admit to (boast of) being something of a traditionalist when it comes to all things maritime--it took me until ten years ago to leave my sextant behind when I'd head offshore--but neither am I a Luddite. It's a foolish navigator who doesn't use every tool at his disposal to keep his vessel safe. For a couple of decades celestial navigation was the only tool I had available, which made landfalls quite a tricky business. Especially finding Bermuda on a hazy day. And in those days the BVI had few if any lights on the north shore at night, so we'd heave to until dawn so we could avoid all the reefs. The technology is good and when you mix it with good seamanship can be used very successfully. Part of good seamanship is not to completely trust any one input when it comes to navigation; along the coast I will check bearings and depth, for instance, to be sure I'm getting good info from my iPad.
Andy Andrew Burton 61 W Narragansett Newport, RI USA 02840 http://sites.google.com/site/andrewburtonyachtservices/ +401 965-5260 > On Dec 28, 2017, at 09:44, Persuasion37 via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > wrote: > > Sure let’s get our abacus out and do some plotting. Oh ya don’t forget the > sextant. > > Mike > S/V Persuasion > C&C 37 Keel/CB > Long Sault > > From: Marek Dziedzic via CnC-List > Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2017 9:37 AM > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Cc: Marek Dziedzic > Subject: Re: Stus-List iNAV > > shall we start a discussion on how inappropriate it is to use an iPad as a > navigation tool? (;-) > > Merry after Christmas > > Marek > > From: Russ & Melody via CnC-List > Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2017 09:17 > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Cc: Russ & Melody > Subject: Re: Stus-List iNAV > > > Blame the navigator, not the tools... and if the navigator is a tool then it > still gets the blame. > > At the risk of sounding like a techno-peasant, is the iNav another apple > thingy? I'm still stuck on OpenCPN or Visual Navigator (without a dongle) > on an XP box . > > > Cheers, Russ > Sweet 35 mk-1 >> > > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and > every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and > every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray >
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