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Forum: Navigation 04-08-2014, 09:00
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Posted By Ukeluthier
Re: Putting Faith in Electronics

I'm surprised that nobody in this thread has brought up "potato navigation," an old pre-electronics technique that I'm told was sometimes used by coastwise Maine lumber schooners when piloting in...
Forum: Navigation 01-08-2014, 07:55
Replies: 75
Views: 7,909
Posted By Ukeluthier
Re: Putting Faith in Electronics

Very well put.
Forum: Navigation 31-07-2014, 16:04
Replies: 75
Views: 7,909
Posted By Ukeluthier
Re: Putting Faith in Electronics

Well, he was motor-cruising very actively for at least 20 years before GPS and chartplotters came along, so he must have been using his noggin to some extent to stay off the rocks.
Forum: Navigation 31-07-2014, 15:57
Replies: 75
Views: 7,909
Posted By Ukeluthier
Re: putting faith in electronics

I used that single example because I felt it best illustrated my point... the one that you still seem not to get. I'm not maintaining that simply using electronics rots your brain -- just that...
Forum: Navigation 31-07-2014, 12:41
Replies: 75
Views: 7,909
Posted By Ukeluthier
Re: putting faith in electronics

I think you miss my point. I'm talking about ignoring the sensory inputs regarding your environment and failing to construct a mental model of where you are and where you are going... simply...
Forum: Navigation 31-07-2014, 10:13
Replies: 75
Views: 7,909
Posted By Ukeluthier
Re: putting faith in electronics

I'm a recently retired electronics engineer, and the naive faith many folks have in the reliability of electronic gear never ceases to amaze me. Having worked with this stuff all my life, I know the...
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