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Questions asked about Volvo Ocean Race accident
From: Jackson McDonald
Date: 2014 Dec 1, 05:39 -0500
From: Jackson McDonald
Date: 2014 Dec 1, 05:39 -0500
According to this article, the reef does not appear on the screen unless the chart plotter operator zooms in -- something unusual in blue water sailing. It seems clear that the captain and navigator did not "qualify" their route as free of danger zones and obstacles using, for example, paper charts. One can also ask whether the location of the reef was accurately depicted on the chart -- whether electronic or paper. http://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/2014/11/30/questions-asked-volvo-ocean-race-accident/ JMcDonald
