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Byron,

I have been looking for a US Navy three arm protractor/station pointer
(plastic with arms that screw down) without any luck. Would you happen
to know where to get surplus or retired US Navy navigation plotting
tools and the like?

Greg

On Jul 24, 7:32�pm, navigation  wrote:
> I know noting about the Port Royal grounding, I am a Master Chief
> Quartermaster ret, that have Navigation Technques named after
> me.Franklin piloting, Franklin continuious Radar and also Special
> Rardar. Bowditch NO9 & Radar NO 1310. I still teach Navigation and
> write about the subject. The Navy run by instructions: in the Surface
> Ship Navigation Department regulation Manual. " To facilitatle this
> transision to electronic navigation, all ships may use GPS as their
> primary fix source in all waters. This dose not preclude the
> navigation team to ascertain the ship's position by other means
> (visual, radar, etc) as required and at no greater than every third
> fix interval in restricted waters. No one fix source shall be solely
> relied upon." It dose go on.
> In my opinon it is the restricted water that the best men in the
> visual plot taking bearing and marking the chart keeps a safe ship.
> Bowditch is heavy now on the electronics and low on the plot, because
> they are easy to use, The team must know visual bearings and the
> mechanics of the plot, to relie on themselves and not the black box of
> no notathing. My technique were developed because of ships runing
> agound. They were taught at various Navy navigation schools I don't
> think they are taught now that we trust the box?
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