Waypoint books??????

[rich]

Mate comes into pub tonight,look wot i got at carboot sale, peter cumberlidge waypoint directory,all the waypoints i ever need.H'mmm. i open book go to page 110, pick out 2 waypoints 1 south 1 1/2 miles from bouy 1 north 2 miles,,,,,,,,, they should have been the other way round??????? ps. page 110 no 4 n 5. book is from 1995

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[Guest]

Very handy guides to have especially the new North sea version.Cumberlidge does know his stuff.

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[hlb]

Could never understand why anyone would want to take waypoints out of a book. You still have to find the position of them and youve no idea if they were comming or going to the same place. Much quicker and easier to stick a cross where you would like to go IMHO.

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Haydn

 

[jimg]

I agree, surely you need to plot your course on a chart; either paper or electronic? If so, you are not really that interested in the lat/long but that you are navigating in safe water.

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[Guest]

You`ve both obviously never used one.As a guide only they are extremely useful and as I have mentioned Cumberlidge knows his stuff.

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[Guest]

Agreed. While I wouldn't take waypoints straight from the book, it's useful to see someone's routes on paper, then plot your own versions.

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[hlb]

y chart plotter dont work that way anyway. Just stick curser where you want it and press OK. Aparently you can enter way point numbers but it dont recomend it and I cant be bothered reading all the instructions.

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Haydn

 

[jimg]

As Haydn says if you are using a chartplotter, what is wrong with using the cursor to create the route? It is far safer than keying in waypoints, that could be miskeyed or not intended for the route you plan to take. I like to "shape" my intended course on the chartplotter ( and of course plot it on a paper chart! ).

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[Guest]

Nothing wrong with Hadyn`s way either,except Mr.Cumerlidges waypoints are tried and tested by him personally and having used them have found them to be most accurate and great for quick last minute changes etc.Trying to use dividers etc on paper chart at 20knots for a course alteration a bit of a no no.

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[hlb]

I would agree. That if the options are plotting course with pencil and dividers at 20 knots or using Mr Cumerlidge. Then Mr Cumerlidge is probably better. What I've found though, is that far from being just an expencive toy. A chart plotter coupled to an auto pilot is probably the best piece of safety gear I've got on the boat. Along with the radar of course. The ability when the shit hits the fan. Overfalls/storms/fog/heavy rain. To be able to just move the curser and press the go button, without reference to books, paper charts or other is IMHO invaluble. At other times its just alot less bother to stick the curser in the visinity of say Falmouth and just go. Lets face it. Unless hitting bad weather or going to say the CI. Strict navigation is not really necesary. Most of the time you've already been to the places umpteen times. So a bit left or right does not matter. When it does matter. The ability to zoom in, stick the curser in the middle of the harbour/river entrance and even a few more plotts up the river if needed. Leaving the plotter and auto pilt to deal with the navigation. Whilst you keep your eyes on the radar and/or out the window.

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Haydn

 

[tcm]

the reasoning behind Waypoint books

I think cumberlidges books started long before chartplotters were commonplace. You had the equivalent of a handheld non-plotter, like a garmin 12 and that was it. So no cursor.

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[hlb]

Re: the reasoning behind Waypoint books

Well of course I know that. Thats why I said. Use Mr Cumbridge if thats wot you got. Just saying that a chart plotter is much, much better if you got one. Mine came with the boat so being a skin flint I would probably still not have one and would not have seen the benifit, would I.

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Haydn

 

[tcm]

Re: the reasoning behind Waypoint books

True.

Cumerlidges books are also ok for desribing outlone passagemaking too, so gives a waypoint say 4 miles of a dodgy headland or 1/2 mile off. Though you could get this info elsewhere, the waypoint books are exclusively all about getting there, not about how many toilet blocks.

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