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Forum: Navigation 06-09-2017, 16:02
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Posted By fxykty
Re: Not another one?

Regarding keeping an eye on depthsounder when on passage I find it usually displays "---", but sometimes displays "4.1" or "119" in water I know is 1,000s of metres deep. So I certainly can't rely on...
Forum: Navigation 06-09-2017, 15:45
Replies: 91
Views: 10,570
Posted By fxykty
Re: Not another one?

Thread drift, but I think a reasonable thought experiment. Imagine that we're all in self-driving cars. You're sitting back and relaxing, perhaps with a special beverage. Suddenly your car veers off...
Forum: Navigation 05-09-2017, 16:05
Replies: 91
Views: 10,570
Posted By fxykty
Re: Not another one?

Well, we don't know where they started from, nor whether he planned a GC route or whether he just placed a waypoint next to Niue, nor whether their autopilot was heading to that waypoint. I should...
Forum: Navigation 04-09-2017, 02:30
Replies: 91
Views: 10,570
Posted By fxykty
Re: Not another one?

According to the articles quoting the skipper they were on their way to Niue and had no idea the reef was there. This is not speculation - this is what the skipper is quoted as saying.

That said,...
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