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Re: De Lurk
From: Rodney Myrvaagnes
Date: 2003 Feb 8, 01:04 -0500
From: Rodney Myrvaagnes
Date: 2003 Feb 8, 01:04 -0500
On Fri, 7 Feb 2003 21:54:42 -0500, Fred Hebard wrote: > >On that bare boat charter of a few years ago, the GPS was rigged to >indicate heading, but it was about 15 degrees out of whack. I found >it easier to plot a few bearings than to plot GPS lat and long, since >the GPS wasn't integrated with the chart. I do recall vividly when >using the radar, my first exposure to it, that it was like cheating, >being able to see right through the fog. It was clearly set to true, rather than magnetic (or vv). Any GPS can be told to display either one. Not a GPS problem. Rodney Myrvaagnes NYC J36 Gjo/a "WooWooism lives" Anon grafitto on the base of the Cuttyhunk breakwater light
