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John
I also am a sea kyaker
My only worry for your method would be long crossings from island to
island. If you are going mainland to island you can just turn around
in the fog if you miss and head for the land. Island to island you may
miss in both directions. I keep my gps in the cockpit "just in case"

Thomas A. Sult, MD
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On Oct 29, 2009, at 12:53, Apache Runner  wrote:

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>
>  Lu -
>
> I'm not auditioning to become someone's navigator, mind you.   The
> main issue is that the deck of a kayak is exposed to a very nasty
> environment - I've taken breaking waves that have washed just about
> everything off it - even stuff carefully wrapped in "waterproof"
> packaging.
>
> A lot of my fellow sea kayakers share the same opinion of GPS.  I'm
> sure it's great to have as a back-up for other vessels, but for a
> sea kayak, it seems like it's more trouble than any benefit.
> If I were in a larger motorboat or sailboat, I might carry it as a
> backup.
> .
>
> This is not to disparage the idea of having every reasonable means
> at your disposal, nor do I think that others were disparaging GPS as
> a concept - I think it was more the idea of unreasonable reliance on
> this as the only device for navigation.   In the case of a sea
> kayaker, they have this tendency to fail, despite many precautions,
> getting ones advertised as waterproof etc.
>
> In terms of current, etc - it's actually an interesting exercise to
> guesstimate the effect of current based on the phase of the moon
> etc.   In this particular case, Blue Hill Bay was draining on a new
> moon, so we had to factor that in.
>
> John H.
>
> >

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