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Exactly. A 5 ft bamboo stick with a black line painted on at 3ft 6.

I have both. A boat all teched up, and one where electronics of any kind, including depth sounders, are forbidden in class rules. No...

I like basic sailing, but I also enjoy having access to relevant data, which means having the plotter on, because its GPS feeds the...

I understand - and I suppose nobody needs to defend using a plotter they already have, for the same reason it wouldn't make sense to...

Way back, the company yacht was fitted with an early Satnav, a curiosity back then, it took quite a while to get a fix and just as I...

It was early this century, entering a land locked anchorage by a very narrow drying channel and Mk1 eyeball put me mid channel...

Modern forecasting has made an immense change to cruising generally. It should now be possible to set off for the weekend with...

I crossed from Chichester Entrance to Seaview despite mist obscuring both sides from the middle, by basing our direction on a study of...

In my youf, we used a Seagull Silver Century in a well as the auxilary on the 27ft cruiser racer. It also did duty on the dinghy, but we...

So many good points have been made in this thread. Lyn Pardy: "...no hard and fast schedule." Even in the UK, there must be plenty of...

"Navigation is done between the ears, not on a chartplotter."

I think Charlie Stock's and perhaps your own Broads examples show that is not the case. The other choice, beyond not going out or...

And warm air heating too…

Blow getting cold and wet, what you really need is a motor sailer, or a deck saloon, with inside steering, civilized boating.

I resent wearing clothing that advertises someone else's product...indeed I go out of my way to avoid wearing clothing with writing on it.