FinesseChris
Active member
GPS and transits
For what it's worth, I spent a fascinating half-hour on the bridge of the Portsmouth-CI (conventional) ferry as we came out of the Solent. The Master had all the gear, and plenty of people to monitor it (as well as at least three lookouts). He uses paper charts, in preference to though alongside a plotter, and says that he uses transits in preference to GPS when for example coming down the Little Russell.
I passing, he is also a great fan of AIS and reckons small boats with Class B are a help to him (and to themselves!) in poor vis.
Finally I asked him, as we crossed the end of Bembridge ledge, what he throught about pot markers: "We try to hit 'em!"
A comforting experience for a small boat sailor, as these guys are so obviously highly competent.
C
For what it's worth, I spent a fascinating half-hour on the bridge of the Portsmouth-CI (conventional) ferry as we came out of the Solent. The Master had all the gear, and plenty of people to monitor it (as well as at least three lookouts). He uses paper charts, in preference to though alongside a plotter, and says that he uses transits in preference to GPS when for example coming down the Little Russell.
I passing, he is also a great fan of AIS and reckons small boats with Class B are a help to him (and to themselves!) in poor vis.
Finally I asked him, as we crossed the end of Bembridge ledge, what he throught about pot markers: "We try to hit 'em!"
A comforting experience for a small boat sailor, as these guys are so obviously highly competent.
C