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Re: Thousand dollar question
From: Chuck Taylor
Date: 1999 Jul 28, 9:47 AM
From: Chuck Taylor
Date: 1999 Jul 28, 9:47 AM
On Tue, 27 Jul 1999, Lu Abel wrote: > You are planning a leisurely trans-Pacific cruise (let's say San Francisco > to New Zealand and back), which will take 2+ years. Your boat is already > equipped with a knotmeter. You are on a tight budget and have figured you > can spend no more than $1000 on additional navigation gear. You can equip > you boat any way you wish -- GPS, Loran, or any variety of celestial gear. > (you neither own nor can afford a laptop computer) > > How would you spend your $1000?? > (for prices, let's use the current West Marine catalog) I don't have a catalog handy, but here goes anyway: 1. Astra IIIB sextant $450 2. Davis Mk 15 (used) for a spare 75 3. Garmin GPS 12 or equivalent 140 4. Cheap GPS for a spare 100 5. Celesticomp 235? _____ $1000 Also, a spare compass, spare digital watches, spare batteries, two scientific calculators (one programmable, one solar powered), charts, and lots of books including Bowditch, Nautical Almanac, Light Lists, Coast Pilots, etc. ---------------- Chuck Taylor SEASCAPE GB 32-2 Everett, WA, USA