Another observation about GPS: it can serve as a backup for a compass! I'm usually careful about storing metal items near my deck compass, but at the beginning of our last trip, my wife handed me a food bag that I put into the bow hatch without thinking. As it happened, it contained a can of chicken meat. We had not been on the water long when I noticed a discrepancy between my compass heading and the map. The compass said I was heading SSE. Observation and the map said I was heading east. My wife's compass also said we were heading east, so after that I ignored the compass and just used the map and the GPS until we made camp. We should have compared compasses when we put in, but we were so busy I forgot. Chuck Holst *************************************************************************** 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 Thu Sep 02 2004 - 10:11:11 PDT
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