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Sixpack · 04-09-06, 01:35 PM

Wow, thanks for the congrats, everyone. Still happy as a clam here.

Micky, this course and exam was actually about the OLD ways; all manual, just like our ancestors did, but with better charts. The Dutch call it "gegist bestek". Yet no astronavigation -later! would be awesome in Silent Hunter btw-, and morse neither (@Etienne). Its essence is to be able to navigate 100% independently of any electronic aids (which ofcourse could crash on a journey due to lightning, salt water a.s.o., or simply fail due to loss of electr.power, and to be able to better understand and be able to check the electronic results, ASO). So the GPS part was only a small part in this course. It was the old stuff plotting and no electr. charts.

@Konovalov: Right now I am just an average smalltime sailor who is happy with every chance (mainly due to 2 still little kids and a GF not too keen yet) to spend a day of freetime on the water, but with a big imagination. Later on in life I hope to be able to do some major sailing trips as in (some) oceans crossing, perhaps even solo. I will patiently (no, impatiently a.a.m.o.f.) await my time and meanwhile do whatever is a possible and a step in the right direction. Around the world isnt very likely, though.

04-09-06, 01:35 PM	#17
Sixpack Samurai Navy Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: below North Sea level (iow Holland) Posts: 592 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Wow, thanks for the congrats, everyone. Still happy as a clam here. Micky, this course and exam was actually about the OLD ways; all manual, just like our ancestors did, but with better charts. The Dutch call it "gegist bestek". Yet no astronavigation -later! would be awesome in Silent Hunter btw-, and morse neither (@Etienne). Its essence is to be able to navigate 100% independently of any electronic aids (which ofcourse could crash on a journey due to lightning, salt water a.s.o., or simply fail due to loss of electr.power, and to be able to better understand and be able to check the electronic results, ASO). So the GPS part was only a small part in this course. It was the old stuff plotting and no electr. charts. @Konovalov: Right now I am just an average smalltime sailor who is happy with every chance (mainly due to 2 still little kids and a GF not too keen yet) to spend a day of freetime on the water, but with a big imagination. Later on in life I hope to be able to do some major sailing trips as in (some) oceans crossing, perhaps even solo. I will patiently (no, impatiently a.a.m.o.f.) await my time and meanwhile do whatever is a possible and a step in the right direction. Around the world isnt very likely, though. __________________ \"Navigare necesse est, vivere non est necesse\"