[Please remove all old content that is not pertinent to your reply including old headers and footers. It's list policy.... this post was modified to meet policy] Craig, I am sure that we all have stories. My personal favorite dealt with bringing a big sloop across Lake Erie from the Welland Canal to the Cleveland area in the 1970's. As the day progressed, a following breeze developed, we set the spinnaker, and tore down the lake. The wind continued to freshen, we went faster and decided to go past our original goal. The sun started to sink in the west and I, as navigator, gave the distance and bearing to a harbor entrance. Little did I know that the owner's son had been playing with that nav system and done a couple of resets. We were NOT where we were supposed to be. As it got dark, I realized that the Loran was useless and the DRT that I had run had some bad data. In the course of the next 20 minutes I revised our track and used a portable radio to rdf some commercial stations and developed a new fix. As we neared shore and could id some lights, I was relieved to see that I got us into harbor...and I knew which one! Best Regards, Tony Reynes -----Original Message----- From: Craig Jungers The cabin cruiser was out in the late afternoon along the western shore of Long Island. However the captain overstayed his cruise and by the time he wanted to go home it was too dark to make out the features of the land around his harbor entrance.... *************************************************************************** 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 Mon Apr 23 2007 - 05:35:39 PDT
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