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Forum: Navigation 17-07-2012, 05:54
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Posted By Canibul
Re: Paper charts now unnessary

318 replies to a question that has no answer...
Forum: Navigation 10-07-2012, 05:23
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Views: 97,991
Posted By Canibul
Re: Paper charts now unnessary

If all the land suddenly disappears, what difference does it make where you are on the water? Floating debris isn't on any of the charts.
Forum: Navigation 09-07-2012, 09:47
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Views: 97,991
Posted By Canibul
Re: Paper charts now unnessary

Good point. Our "home grounds" are full of unsurveyed areas, including reefs, rocks, bars, and thousands of coral heads. I might feel differently if all our sailing was in deep water with nothing...
Forum: Navigation 09-07-2012, 05:59
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Views: 97,991
Posted By Canibul
Re: Paper charts now unnessary

I'm admittedly still a little gun shy after lightning hit the mast 40 ft. above our heads recently, but....

I've never yet had a paper chart suddenly quit, blue screen, or lock up on me at a...
Forum: Navigation 08-07-2012, 08:38
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Views: 97,991
Posted By Canibul
Re: Paper charts now unnessary

a leak in your chart locker??? You kept yours in the bilge?

SOME of the plotters are rated....systems CAN be waterproofed in decor....It's HARD to store charts in containers....????

you're...
Forum: Navigation 08-07-2012, 08:12
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Views: 97,991
Posted By Canibul
Re: Paper charts now unnessary

Take your paper and your electronic charts and douse them both liberally with a bucket of salt water because a forward window just blew out.

Electronic just as good huh?
Forum: Navigation 07-07-2012, 15:09
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Views: 97,991
Posted By Canibul
Re: Paper charts now unnessary

What?? One of them new fangled sextants???

Hey, the pollykneesians din't have no stinking sextants. They didn't even have the astrolabe. Buncha gadgets. Navigation ain't been the same since...
Forum: Navigation 07-07-2012, 12:45
Replies: 1,005
Views: 97,991
Posted By Canibul
Re: Paper charts now unnessary

Some random thoughts would include that I think we're seeing the results of a generation who grew up using calculators to do their math homework. I wonder what percentage of the new electronic...
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