Maybe to save weight? Seriously though, I too always have paper charts and try and keep a plot going with GPS positions, hopefully every hour. Generational because I distinctly remember losing GPS (very, very early days of GPS) on a delivery down through the Bahamas. Nice to kinda know where we were.
Dave Sent from my iPad > On Mar 10, 2015, at 17:17, Martin DeYoung via CnC-List > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > I always have a paper chart(s) as a back-up to the chart plotter. For > offshore passages I also carry a sextant and the materials needed to reduce a > sight. > > I am surprised that professional, highly paid, top of their industry > navigators and skippers to not have even a large area overview chart on paper. > > Maybe it is a generational thing that I do not trust electronics to stand > between me and a safe passage. > > Martin DeYoung > Calypso > 1971 C&C 43 > Seattle > > <image001.png> > > From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Sam Salter > via CnC-List > Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2015 1:22 PM > To: CnC > Subject: Stus-List Volvo Reef Grounding Report > > http://www.yachtingworld.com/blogs/elaine-bunting/comment-how-the-team-vestas-wind-crash-really-happened-and-the-surprisingly-simple-things-we-can-learn-from-it-62634?elqTrackId=244797bc7870487dab6568ea90f95c29&elqaid=15257&elqat=1 > > Interesting reading! > If I think about it, I’ve got a bit lax lately, relying more and more on > digital charts. > I’m going to get a bit more rigorous from now on and use/check my paper > charts a lot more. > > > sam :-) > C&C 26 Liquorice > Ghost Lake Alberta > > > _______________________________________________ > > Email address: > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the bottom > of page at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com >
_______________________________________________ Email address: CnC-List@cnc-list.com To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the bottom of page at: http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com
