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Originally Posted by les green01
thing is he suppose to be a retread from ww1 and serve on merchants has a navigator suppose to be excellent but can't find the mens room if sign pointed the way if a reading seem off to me have him redo it and lso check it for myself no more 500 miles off course and end up slamming into land for me
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However, we as players were spoiled for a long time; past SH games always gave us a 21st-century GPS-perfect position. Real Navigation removes that certainty. It takes a while to accept that, unless you have visible landmarks as reference points, any and all readings in the middle of a body of water have a margin of error and are, at best, informed guestimates.
That is why I tend to go with what the Navigator gives me unless it is patently obvious his readings are erroneous. In theory my calculations tell me I should be there, but boats drift even when going on a straight course and constant speed for a long time. As long as I do not find myself in the Bermuda Triangle but in the vicinity of where I calculated I should be, this would be good.