On 2 Sep 2004 at 12:11, Michael Neverdosky wrote: > When I was practicing daily and using a $1000 sextant and artificial > horizon I could get to about 1/4 mile radius. That's twice as accurate as what most mariners consider very good. I assume that's on land. > Using normal gear on a sailboat I was more than happy if my 'triangle' > was only 2 miles across. That's a little more like it :-). GPS users who complain about errors or insufficient accuracy are just whiners IMNSHO. When you sail and are glad you can find a bay, worrying about a few meters seems excessive. Mike *************************************************************************** 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 - 14:42:52 PDT
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