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Old 16-10-2007, 09:51   #12
billyehh
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: Back in Toronto for the summer
Boat: Voyage 38 - Oceanaire
Posts: 95
Prudent Navigation

I agree with 2 hulls. I have 2 laptops and I don't use them for navigation only for route planning.

Call me a Luddite, but I feel uncomfortable having all that technology directing my boat. It may lull a skipper into a false sense of security.Yes, I have a chart plotter, but it does not direct the autopilot, although it could. I feel more comfortable inputing the information to the autopilot and using other methods of navigation as well. My hand bearing compass and paper charts are at hand even though I do not use them as much as I use to.

A prudent navigator will use all methods available to him. Now I'll get off my soapbox.
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