Not very versed in navigation (although father of some horrible navigation errors), I have to agree with Craig, again, that sextants are bad enough onboard a rolling, stamping, sailboats. Far worse than a kayak, any day! So a compass, and a GPS, makes life much easier - and many GPSs makes a compass redundant! The day WW III starts we'll have other issues than the precision of GPSs to worry about! Tord -- Be Yourself _at_ mail.com! Choose From 200+ Email Addresses Get a Free Account at www.mail.com *************************************************************************** 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 May 23 2009 - 08:39:18 PDT
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