LittleSister
Well-known member
So when was the last time you (a) used Dead Reckoning/Estimated Position and (b) took bearings, in either case to actually identify your position?
Reading in another thread about someone having to fall back on DR when his chronometer failed crossing IIRC the Indian Ocean reminded me that, even allowing for having done painfully little sailing in recent years, I typically sail where I can navigate by eyeball, and otherwise have become (over?) reliant on GPS and a plotter (despite promising myself otherwise when I first started using them). I can't now actually remember when I last did 'proper' navigation.
How about you?
Reading in another thread about someone having to fall back on DR when his chronometer failed crossing IIRC the Indian Ocean reminded me that, even allowing for having done painfully little sailing in recent years, I typically sail where I can navigate by eyeball, and otherwise have become (over?) reliant on GPS and a plotter (despite promising myself otherwise when I first started using them). I can't now actually remember when I last did 'proper' navigation.
How about you?