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Originally Posted by Engine Serang
Trying to find it can also be challenging. I once set sail for Ahoghill and ended up in Cullybackey; Tom-Tom, Garmin, Ecdis or Sextant was of little use. A detour on the canal via Moneyglass helped pick up a lane on the Decca Navigator and all was well.
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Two Brixham trawler skippers were overheard arguing on VHF. One was convinced he had right of way over the other because he was following a green line on the Decca chart, and the other was on a red line. (As told to me by Bob Ould, trawler owner of Torquay.)
Navigation isn't always what it is assumed to be.