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Forum: Navigation

09-05-2012, 10:05

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To Plot, or Not ? Is a Chart Plotter a Luxury or a Necessity ?

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Posted By barnakiel

Re: To Plot, or Not ? Is a Chart Plotter a Luxury or a Necessity ?

Indeed, as far as I can remember from the college, the definition does not say anything about charts or compasses! It simply states that navigation is the science of getting a ship from one place to...

Forum: Navigation

09-05-2012, 07:04

Replies: 238

To Plot, or Not ? Is a Chart Plotter a Luxury or a Necessity ?

Views: 28,490

Posted By barnakiel

Re: To Plot, or Not ? Is a Chart Plotter a Luxury or a Necessity ?

Yep.

This is also one of the things that piss me off with plotters - I can see the whole paper chart at a glance but not the whole e-chart (well, unless you have a huge plotter, but the biggest I...

Forum: Navigation

06-05-2012, 16:53

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To Plot, or Not ? Is a Chart Plotter a Luxury or a Necessity ?

Views: 28,490

Posted By barnakiel

Re: To Plot, or Not ? Is a Chart Plotter a Luxury or a Necessity ?

You are wrong. It is not a joke.

I use plotters and yet the position is transferred to paper charts. Also, lights and marks are observed and compared with the chart or pilot as applicable.
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Forum: Navigation

06-05-2012, 16:45

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To Plot, or Not ? Is a Chart Plotter a Luxury or a Necessity ?

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Posted By barnakiel

Re: To Plot, or Not ? Is a Chart Plotter a Luxury or a Necessity ?

No, it is not an illusion. A plotter will make your navigation safer. The question is: safer than what?

If you have paper charts and if you know how to use them (and, sure, if you USE them), then...

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