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A little bit more information from the Coast Guard:

-- Richard

Quoting Lu Abel :

>
> It would be nice to have a little more detail on exactly what occurred
> other than "the GPS failed"   When did the GPS fail, was the skipper
> aware of the problem, and what navigation techniques were employed after
> the GPS failed?
>
> Any skipper who just follows the his GPS blindly without situational
> awareness is dumb, dumb, dumb.   But I don't blame the GPS for that, but
> over-reliance on it by humans.
>
> That's probably the dilemma:   with traditional techniques like
> celestial, bearings, and DR plots, the navigator had a high degree of
> situational awareness.   Using a chart for all this navigation work was
> unavoidable, giving awareness of what was around and beneath and ahead
> of the boat.   With GPS, sadly, the box just produces magic numbers (or
> magic "steer in this direction" commands).   I teach coastal piloting
> frequently, I do admit that GPS exists and is a useful tool, I spend
> time on how to get the most out of it, but then I also spend even more
> time on how to keep out of trouble when using it, and what to do when
> the screen goes blank.
>
> Lu
>
> Richard B. Langley wrote:
> > 
> >
> > ===============================================================================
> >  Richard B. Langley                            E-mail: lang@unb.ca
> >  Geodetic Research Laboratory                  Web: http://www.unb.ca/GGE/
> >  Dept. of Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering    Phone:    +1 506 453-5142
> >  University of New Brunswick                   Fax:      +1 506 453-4943
> >  Fredericton, N.B., Canada  E3B 5A3
> >      Fredericton?  Where's that?  See: http://www.city.fredericton.nb.ca/
> > ===============================================================================
> >
> >
> >
> > >
> >
>
> >
>


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 Richard B. Langley                            E-mail: lang@unb.ca
 Geodetic Research Laboratory                  Web: http://www.unb.ca/GGE/
 Dept. of Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering    Phone:    +1 506 453-5142
 University of New Brunswick                   Fax:      +1 506 453-4943
 Fredericton, N.B., Canada  E3B 5A3
     Fredericton?  Where's that?  See: http://www.city.fredericton.nb.ca/
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