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Forum: Marine Electronics 13-01-2015, 23:45
Replies: 357
Views: 36,647
Posted By carstenb
Re: Another foundering how do chart plotters get it wrong

Guys - I tried to get this thread back on track, You're getting very close to violating our "be nice" rule and I really don't want to have to spend a lot time cleaning this thread up. Please refrain...
Forum: Marine Electronics 13-01-2015, 06:05
Replies: 357
Views: 36,647
Posted By carstenb
Re: Another foundering how do chart plotters get it wrong

guys - let's calm down. reading through most of this, everyone seems to be pretty much in agreement. Chartplotters are a useful tools that have helped a lot of people get on the water that otherwise...
Forum: Marine Electronics 13-01-2015, 02:36
Replies: 357
Views: 36,647
Posted By carstenb
Re: Another foundering how do chart plotters get it wrong

Amen brother :thumb:+1
Forum: Marine Electronics 11-01-2015, 23:34
Replies: 357
Views: 36,647
Posted By carstenb
Re: Another foundering how do chart plotters get it wrong

yep - we only carry gin:biggrin:
Forum: Marine Electronics 11-01-2015, 02:05
Replies: 357
Views: 36,647
Posted By carstenb
Re: Another foundering how do chart plotters get it wrong

Mark

I don't think anyone here is blaming GPS/chartplotters etc for being the root cause of problems. As I noted earlier - I thnk chartplotters are wonderful, amongst other things they have...
Forum: Marine Electronics 09-01-2015, 05:05
Replies: 357
Views: 36,647
Posted By carstenb
Re: Another foundering how do chart plotters get it wrong

Ron

Don't get me wrong - I have a chartplotter and use it. I think plotters are wonderful and opened up sailing to many that would not have done so if faced with paper charts, dividers, pencils...
Forum: Marine Electronics 09-01-2015, 00:30
Replies: 357
Views: 36,647
Posted By carstenb
Re: Another foundering how do chart plotters get it wrong

It has been noted that chartplotters allow the unwary to go further to sea. I beive this to be a truism. Before plotters became everymans toy, going to sea (or sailing at all) required having a...
Forum: Marine Electronics 09-01-2015, 00:21
Replies: 357
Views: 36,647
Posted By carstenb
Re: Another foundering how do chart plotters get it wrong

Yes I am, Although if you prefer we could say the boat was then sailed 100 meters ot one side and a new track begun.

If I misspoke and the meaning became unclear - what was meant that the tracks...
Forum: Marine Electronics 08-01-2015, 00:09
Replies: 357
Views: 36,647
Posted By carstenb
Re: Another foundering how do chart plotters get it wrong

I confess - I'm a nerd (and hopelessly old). My charts are updated every time the "Notices to Mariners" comes out. But I do realize I'm one of very very few.
Forum: Marine Electronics 07-01-2015, 06:18
Replies: 357
Views: 36,647
Posted By carstenb
Re: Another foundering how do chart plotters get it wrong

yep, and if you really study the chart history - you'll find lots where although they are "adeuately surveyed" - they were surveyed with a casting lead and a row boat at 100 meter intervals.
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Forum: Marine Electronics 07-01-2015, 01:06
Replies: 357
Views: 36,647
Posted By carstenb
Re: Another foundering how do chart plotters get it wrong

Why do you say this? Paper charts are NOT more inaccurate than electronic charts. Virtually all electronic charts used on chartplotters are simply digitalized versions of paper.

Perhaps our...
Forum: Marine Electronics 05-01-2015, 23:35
Replies: 357
Views: 36,647
Posted By carstenb
Re: Another foundering how do chart plotters get it wrong

I've posted this somewhere before on a similar thread, but here goes.

1 - Most charts in the western world were surveyed in the 1800's (US and Europe). Some have been updated since then, but the...
Forum: Marine Electronics 05-01-2015, 04:40
Replies: 357
Views: 36,647
Posted By carstenb
Re: Another foundering how do chart plotters get it wrong

I worked for a while in a chart store. When you looked at many charts of islands in the pacific, and started checking back the connotation woiuld read "Cook" or Bligh" yep, the charts were drawn by...
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