Steve wrote: >but 900 meters is a little more than 1/2 mile. G'Day Steve, Quick response - Thanks! Missing small landing sites/islands was our concern. The instructor described just such a situation as you referred to. A situation where at the end of a long days paddling in Tasmania, with only one possible landing spot, a very small and somewhat hidden beach. It was the first time most of us had tried ded reckoning. Things I think could improve my accuracy are: - 1. Select bearings which were likely to be clearly defined i.e large objects such as points, light houses, water towers, with high contrast in the line of sight. A point covered in trees against a backdrop of a coast covered in trees was one of the poor selections I made, it was almost invisible in fact. 2. Take a hard surface on which to put the map for plotting bearings, if possible do most of the plotting in advance at home 3. Use a portland square rather than protractor and setsquare. 4. If using laminated maps take a fine water proof pen (and some alcohol as an erasor). 5. The theory looked easy, putting it into practice on the water was hard. 6. Work out in advance which direction to paddle if bearings aren't quite right. These all seem to be minor embellishments except for 1. I'ld appreciate thoughts on better technique - particularly accurate reading of a compass on the water. All the best, Peter *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sat Jun 05 2004 - 02:50:18 PDT
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