Quote:
Originally Posted by Varley
That is because he only announces where we are going after we get there.
I can see the similarities between intersecting of the glass rings and hyperbolic radio navigation. Perhaps there should be an M notice warning of possible confusion with Loran and Decca overlays.
Can we please check that there is no small island or shallow danger under the cigar burn. It really would have been better if you had not tipped a large gripetini into the ECDIS. That didn't mind cigar abuse or the tapping out of one's pipe against the screen but now only shows the Teletubbies at two bells in every watch except Sundays.
|
We don't use either Loran or Decca as apart from them being "old fashioned" they are not that accurate when operating between land masses such as islands, etc. We rather use the Mark I eyeball --- as we only sail in the Bahamas during daylight hours when we can see land and also, with the water being so clear we can see the bottom when it shallows. So - no problem -- and then we celebrate a successful day during the nighttime hours when the warm tropical nights turn our thoughts to ******* (censored!)
