The odds are slim but you could loose all electronics including that transistor radio from a close lightning strike and a plastic sextant is cheap and light.
Working on computers since 1965 has destroyed any faith I have in any electronic device working when I really need it. I am sure you will always find a safe harbour but we need to encourage everyone to plan ahead and understand the basic tools first. Fair winds and calm seas. Don Newman C&C 44 > <[email protected]> wrote: > > True, Don. and depending on how far away I am, I to doubt I'd find Bermuda, > so on to my destination...unless I had a portable radio I could make use as a > makeshift RDF, or was within 50 miles and could get Bermuda Radio to give me > a bearing on my VHF signal. > > Given all the crap I have to pack on these trips, not having to take a > sextant along--and get it through security without some bozo TSA agent > picking it up by the arm and then getting it in the overhead bin without it > being banged around, etc.--saves a lot of trouble. > > I can use a hand-bearing compass to tell whether someone's gaining or losing > > _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com [email protected]
