Using Real Navigation - Where am I?

MiniSmith · 10-21-11, 02:39 PM

In Real Navigation, so far as I can understand, the only way to know where you are is to let your navigator calculate it through celestial (if your above water, and have 30 minutes to spare) or have him do it by reckoning, if your underwater. My problem is that when I spot a ship, I seldom do have 30 minutes to spare before diving, and once under water, the dead-reckoning positions seems very uncertain, and at times, way off.

My question is if there is any other way to know your position, or if I just have to trust my navigators reckoning skills? :p

10-21-11, 02:39 PM	#1
MiniSmith Watch Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 20 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	Using Real Navigation - Where am I? In Real Navigation, so far as I can understand, the only way to know where you are is to let your navigator calculate it through celestial (if your above water, and have 30 minutes to spare) or have him do it by reckoning, if your underwater. My problem is that when I spot a ship, I seldom do have 30 minutes to spare before diving, and once under water, the dead-reckoning positions seems very uncertain, and at times, way off. My question is if there is any other way to know your position, or if I just have to trust my navigators reckoning skills? :p Last edited by MiniSmith; 10-21-11 at 03:16 PM.