The second issue of Ocean Paddler is out, and much improved over the first issue. Among other items, Steve Lutsch has a report on the Great Lakes Sea Kayak Symposium, where a meeting of the Nordkapp Trust is scheduled. (In the photo of the try-out beach, I am the one whose white Tilley hat is intercepted by the edge of the roof of the shed, with Linda beside me holding her Greenland paddle.) There also is an article about GPS and GPS units that doesn't describe sea kayaking applications in any detail, and several trip reports. And Frank Goodman describes why a kayak turns into the wind when it is moving, but not when it is merely drifting, with diagrams that make it easy to understand. Some GPS uses that should have been covered in Ocean Paddler: * Finding one's average speed. * The use of routes. * Using the GPS as a notepad for your log. (If you are otherwise too busy to keep track of arrival and departure times when island- hopping and taking breaks, pressing the Mark key will record the time of the entry along with the position.) * Finding the bearing and distance to the next waypoint. * Using the track or course reading as a compass check. * Using the map page and/or compass page to check drift. Can anyone think of uses for a GPS unit peculiar to sea kayaking (or marine travel in general) that I have overlooked? Chuck Holst *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Jul 13 1998 - 11:48:29 PDT
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