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Forum: Navigation 20-12-2010, 16:21
Replies: 174
Views: 29,733
Posted By wolfenzee
I learned about cruising from my father, he was...

I learned about cruising from my father, he was practical and logical, which is why I follow the KISS principle. I find simple to be quite comforting myself.
Forum: Navigation 20-12-2010, 15:20
Replies: 174
Views: 29,733
Posted By wolfenzee
If you are trying to say I am not like the...

If you are trying to say I am not like the majority....I will take that as quite the compliment. Granted our economy is based on "We spend money we don't have, to buy things we don't need to impress...
Forum: Navigation 20-12-2010, 14:01
Replies: 174
Views: 29,733
Posted By wolfenzee
This thread has drifted to steering with a...

This thread has drifted to steering with a magnetic compass vs steering with the "compass" on an electronic gizmo set to display a true bearing. I don't care if other people use their electronic...
Forum: Navigation 20-12-2010, 11:20
Replies: 174
Views: 29,733
Posted By wolfenzee
Actually the term is declination:The angular...

Actually the term is declination:The angular difference between magnetic north and true north (defined in reference to the Geographic North Pole), at any particular location on the Earth's surface,...
Forum: Navigation 19-12-2010, 18:58
Replies: 174
Views: 29,733
Posted By wolfenzee
Thanks....I am tired of trying to defend my lack...

Thanks....I am tired of trying to defend my lack of gadgets and gizmos.
Forum: Navigation 19-12-2010, 17:05
Replies: 174
Views: 29,733
Posted By wolfenzee
This thread wasn't about steering by hand using a...

This thread wasn't about steering by hand using a magnetic compass vs steering with autopilot using electronic GPS bearing, it was about plotting a course, all compass roses have both true and...
Forum: Navigation 18-12-2010, 17:48
Replies: 174
Views: 29,733
Posted By wolfenzee
With a magnetic compass you move the tiller, the...

With a magnetic compass you move the tiller, the compass card moves, with GPS you move the tiller....and after you have been on that course long enough for the satellites to notice a...
Forum: Navigation 18-12-2010, 17:10
Replies: 174
Views: 29,733
Posted By wolfenzee
mechanical compass?.....is this something other...

mechanical compass?.....is this something other than a magnetic, flux gate (electronic) or GPS bearing ?........ I have always steered by a magnetic compass, GPS bearings require an update which at...
Forum: Navigation 09-11-2010, 13:41
Replies: 174
Views: 29,733
Posted By wolfenzee
Yes there is a "right" way and a "wrong"...

Yes there is a "right" way and a "wrong" way.....but as it turns out that these even seem to differ. Personally I was taught to plot magnetic, I steer my boat by magnetic...it works for me, no reason...
Forum: Navigation 07-11-2010, 19:53
Replies: 174
Views: 29,733
Posted By wolfenzee
[QUOTE=phantomracer;556017]great thread.. my...

[QUOTE=phantomracer;556017]great thread.. my original question was what you use.. not really what is right or wrong.. still very interesting.

Knowing why to use a particular method helps to...
Forum: Navigation 07-11-2010, 18:14
Replies: 174
Views: 29,733
Posted By wolfenzee
That would explain why my father (the man who...

That would explain why my father (the man who taught me how to navigate, sail, appreciate fine boats and passed on his dream to sail about the world) taught me to plot magnetic, he was a pilot.
USN...
Forum: Navigation 07-11-2010, 16:57
Replies: 174
Views: 29,733
Posted By wolfenzee
There is a proper way that has been used for...

There is a proper way that has been used for hundreds of years...it is proper because it is right. Alls of the gadgets and gizmos and other high tech stuff has has taken all the work out of...
Forum: Navigation 07-11-2010, 08:45
Replies: 174
Views: 29,733
Posted By wolfenzee
It may just be that I am old fashion...but I...

It may just be that I am old fashion...but I think there is more to it really, I learned to steer by a compass and I find it more comforting to look at than computer display.
Forum: Navigation 05-11-2010, 20:19
Replies: 174
Views: 29,733
Posted By wolfenzee
Considering you are steering with a magnetic...

Considering you are steering with a magnetic compass it is best to plot magnetic and ALSO set your GPS to magnetic.
Keep everything agreeing with each other and the simplest the less chance for...
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