Steve Bailey, You are correct. Steve H. should've wrote piloting rather than dead reckoning. Actually, there wasn't much to navigating the hundred miler, just keeping the coast on one side, except over night around a large peninsula, where due to fog and darkness, my partner and I navigated by listening to the surf breaking, not letting it get too loud or quiet. Duane www.rollordrown.com --- "Steve_at_ECVH" <Steve_at_exclusivelycats.com> wrote: > "Duane's ded reckoning skills were demonstrated > when he completed a 100 NM > non-stop coastal paddle last year. For most of > that paddle, he was able to > identify land features (at least during the > daylight hours of the trip)." > > Correct my if I am wrong, but my understand is > that ded reckoning is > estimating you position and progress in the > absence of identifiable > landmarks? > > When you can judge you position be visualizing > landmarks (or aids to > navigation) then you are, in fact, piloting and > can, if you'd like, take > your bearings and fix your position. > > Steve Bailey > Michigan *************************************************************************** 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 Wed Sep 22 2004 - 16:56:02 PDT
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