ShipsDog
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lost my GPS(s they all blew up) just got my mobile phone & internet connection & laptop .. is there anyway I can work out where I am using these 3 things?
Where am I?
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Colin_S
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Woodentop
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3 Point Fix
Tie 4 metres of string to you phone and lower out of the nearest porthole/window.
Then pull it in.
If the string is dry you are upstairs. Find the largest bed and ask the woman in it where you are.
If the string is wet you are in a boat.
Swing the phone around your head, starting with a short swing and gradually increasing the length.
If you can get a full swing followed by much abuse you are probably in a bar.
If you have the right passwords and know which site to go you can use your laptop and I´net connection to find which base station your phone is in contact with.
Pick up your laptop and hurl it towards the abuser mentioned earlier. Note carefully his response. This will tell you which country you are in.
How much more detail do you need ?
Tie 4 metres of string to you phone and lower out of the nearest porthole/window.
Then pull it in.
If the string is dry you are upstairs. Find the largest bed and ask the woman in it where you are.
If the string is wet you are in a boat.
Swing the phone around your head, starting with a short swing and gradually increasing the length.
If you can get a full swing followed by much abuse you are probably in a bar.
If you have the right passwords and know which site to go you can use your laptop and I´net connection to find which base station your phone is in contact with.
Pick up your laptop and hurl it towards the abuser mentioned earlier. Note carefully his response. This will tell you which country you are in.
How much more detail do you need ?
gcwhite
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I think you should learn how to navigate. I don't know what size your vessel is but rules apply. If you had adhered to these then you would have had a route on board, up to date charts and would have been logging your position regulary. The loss of gps would not then have meant that you were lost.
Another case which proves the necessity for compulsory training and qualification.
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Another case which proves the necessity for compulsory training and qualification.
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ShipsDog
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Its a 75 foot trimaran, do'nt think I need training as I ai'nt hit nuffink yet and I can sail quite fast and lots of people usually tell me where to go. Its a lovely day innit, and its really great to be alive on the first sunday of the rest of my life .. cheer up EyeNo and stop whingeing!
graham
Well-known member
I fully agree with your reply except for the last paragraph.
Has the compulsory driving test kept lunatics off the road?
Has the compulsory driving test kept lunatics off the road?
jimi
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Yes it does illustrate the dangers of relying totally on a GPS or chartplotter to record position, but then again I wonder how many do that? On passages out of sight of land I mark my postition every hour so that if it all goes to pot then at least I can get an EP using DR + tides etc. I would guess ShipsDog is getting close to land if a mobbie signal is acquired .. perhaps the name of service provider might give an indication of which country / continent is close
Joe_Cole
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lots of people usually tell me where to go.
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I wonder why? /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
I think the answer is; take the laptop and mobile to a pub and offer them to someone at a knockdown price. Take your fistful of cash to a chandler and buy a new GPS.
PS. I'm not sure if your posting is a joke, if not then EyeNo is correct.
lots of people usually tell me where to go.
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I wonder why? /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
I think the answer is; take the laptop and mobile to a pub and offer them to someone at a knockdown price. Take your fistful of cash to a chandler and buy a new GPS.
PS. I'm not sure if your posting is a joke, if not then EyeNo is correct.
Mike21
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You could try using sun as" it's a lovely day" where you are /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif to estimate your position http://www.xylem.f2s.com/kepler/sun.html
either that keep going till you hit something and then ask /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
either that keep going till you hit something and then ask /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
ShipsDog
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Thank you all. First of all I must say that its great to be walking on the sunny side of the street, a bright smile, happy glance and pleasant word never does anyone any harm. Much better than being an old misery guts you know .. well the power of this forum has now been proved .. I've now got HMS Liverpool on my quarter a Nimrod circling me and a helicopter buzzing about .. I need a traffic control centre not a GPS!!! Toodle pip and keep your chins up.
PS What did the big tomato say to the little tomato?
PS What did the big tomato say to the little tomato?
Mike21
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Well the sun decided to say hello after all /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif So went and took Brig out /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Don't need gps in the solent anyway, but feeling much happier now
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PS What did the big tomato say to the little tomato?
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I.m sure i've heard that one before, but can't remember ,
Must be a getting older thing, now what was I saying /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif
Don't need gps in the solent anyway, but feeling much happier now
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PS What did the big tomato say to the little tomato?
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I.m sure i've heard that one before, but can't remember ,
Must be a getting older thing, now what was I saying /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif
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bob_tyler
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Surely you need an Air traffic control centre - you're not likely to hit them but if they fly too low they might blow you over.
Interesting, from her comments Ellen seems to have cheered up considerably on sighting them, although it is still very rough and the wind has not gone fully round yet. I hope the forecasters are right about that. The Museum and Events Square in Falmouth are beginning to buzz already.
Interesting, from her comments Ellen seems to have cheered up considerably on sighting them, although it is still very rough and the wind has not gone fully round yet. I hope the forecasters are right about that. The Museum and Events Square in Falmouth are beginning to buzz already.
Bergman
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Ring the operator on mobile and ask which cellsite you are connected to.
They probably won't want to tell you, but spin a life or death story and they probably will.
They probably won't want to tell you, but spin a life or death story and they probably will.