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Re: Turning Off the GPS
From: Doug Royer
Date: 2006 Apr 5, 11:54 -0700
From: Doug Royer
Date: 2006 Apr 5, 11:54 -0700
Gordon wrote: BTW, Has anyone seen those German films of the U-Boats during World War II in the North Atlantic pitching and rolling? I start getting seasick just watching it. I saw one where a German Officer was taking a noon sight on a sub like that. They may have been the enemy, but they sure had guts. (It took guts to stand up to them too) Yes, Das Boot was a great movie in more ways than 1. That scene where the exec is attempting to take the noon sight was pretty real as far as I could see. On another tack there are some real goofy portrayals of seamanship in many movies. Most viewers haven't a clue so nothing is subtracted from the movie. However, there is one WW II naval movie (can't remember the title) where John Wayne is shown taking a cut with a sextant while standing on the bridge wing. After the cut is taken he turns the sextant to its side and looks at the sextant's arc and calls out the lat and lon. Pretty funny.