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
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-Bro
Couldn't you have the SR tables & almanac on a PDA, mini-computer or phone :)
Cheers, Russ
Sweet 35 mk-1
At 02:24 PM 16/01/2014, you 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
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Dennis C.
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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 wrote:
> I own a nice 1954 Plath sextant tha
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
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 wi
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 th
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 co
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-piedr
as.html
Bill Colema
Curtis,
Keep a couple of toilet bowl wax rings on board. Not all holes are round.
Dennis C.
Touche' 35-1 #83
Mandeville, LA
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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
freakin
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 ou
>>... 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.
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