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Aktungbby · 02-12-16, 10:03 AM

They must be catching up with the Maritime Academy just down the road at Vallejo. Two of the cadets living aboard a 30' Hunter in my dock mentioned they were learning that. My captain has two sextants and says he knows how...meanwhile we just use our tablet's GPS or a worthy chartbook.

Fortunately today is sunny and in the 70's so I'll probably use 'solar navigation' ie "let's see it's high noon and the sun is to my left so I must be headed west"

02-12-16, 10:03 AM	#2
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 30,042 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	They must be catching up with the Maritime Academy just down the road at Vallejo. Two of the cadets living aboard a 30' Hunter in my dock mentioned they were learning that. My captain has two sextants and says he knows how...meanwhile we just use our tablet's GPS or a worthy chartbook. Fortunately today is sunny and in the 70's so I'll probably use 'solar navigation' ie "let's see it's high noon and the sun is to my left so I must be headed west" __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness?!!