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Better than a dart on a world map, yes. If you can take sights well enough to do that, you
are on a much larger boat than will be worrying about the price of 4 or 5 extra GPS
receivers. We peons with 2-digit boat lengths don't get such steady conditions.

Don't get me wrong. I like my sextant (at least the nice one. . . ). It stays on the boat. My
wife and I both use it for fun, and to keep our skills, such as they are. But, to go offshore
without redundant GPS these days is just silly. Going offshore without a sextant is a
reasonable thing to do.

On Thu, 5 Aug 1999 11:44:02 +1000, John K Simmonds wrote:

>Not quite true, you can get a fairly good LOP with only a guess as to
>the time (AM or PM and the date) if your prepared to spend the time and
>given a moon sight and at least one star. Accuracy dependent on how good
>your shot's are, but better than a dart :^)
>
>Rodney Myrvaagnes wrote:
>>
>> Perhaps John's answer is straight because it
>> oversimplifies. The sextant wo'nt be much help without a
>> chronometer. If you are choosing to do without electronics,
>> a mechanical chronometer good enough for navigation will
>> cost the price of several GPS receivers.
>>
>


Rodney Myrvaagnes                   J36 Gjo/a
Associate Editor           Electronic Products
20+ years without a Car, a TV, or a website

   

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