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Re: News Item on Over-reliance on GPS
From: Fred Hebard
Date: 2008 Nov 9, 00:43 -0500
From: Fred Hebard
Date: 2008 Nov 9, 00:43 -0500
On Nov 8, 2008, at 7:27 PM, frankreed@HistoricalAtlas.net wrote: > > Fred H., you wrote: > "It's very nice to have one's faith in the utility of sextants on > small > boats restored now and again. I wonder whether Frank were trolling > for such > a response!" > > Not a bit, Fred. My point is merely that the best backup for a > complicated > GPS "system" aboard a boat, with all its complexities and risk of > electrical > failure, is a simple well-protected handheld GPS.... > So where's the sextant then? Well, gee, that's your PRIMARY navigation > system. This seems contradictory Frank. Either the 'complicated GPS "system" aboard' is the primary system or the sextant is. In a long, bluewater passage in a small boat, it would seem a sextant might be the best primary system. Fred --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Navigation List archive: www.fer3.com/arc To post, email NavList@fer3.com To unsubscribe, email NavList-unsubscribe@fer3.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
