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Russell:

The situation you pose is a straw man:  GPS units are so cheap these days
that you'd be a fool not to include one, along with the sextant.  Better
still, be sure to have backups for both (you can break a sextant at sea
every bit as easily as a GPS unit can break or the system itself go down
when you most need it).

Bill

At 03:52 PM 8/3/99 +0200, you wrote:
>While we're on the subject of how to best spend the $1000, I noted with
>interest that everyone made provision for at least one GPS receiver - I
>certainly agree. Now how about the following, slightly modified situation?
>Which would you choose, given only the following two choices for your
>navigational aspects, with no other options allowed:
>Either,
>1)      One GPS receiver
>
>        OR
>
>2)      Sextant, tables and timepiece etc.
>
>Assume that this is for an ocean crossing and perhaps for extended cruising
>afterwards.
>
>Cheers
>Russell
>

   

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