Date sent: Thu, 3 Jun 2010 21:27:58 4 Jim and Paddlewisers, That is a great story about the Navigators. There is more to it than was covered in that brief account. Back in '99, I wrote a short book review for the March issue of Ocean Kayaker, a journal no doubt forgotten by everyone. I remember it well because I still to this very day hand out copies of it to people interested in navigation with chart and compass. The Book is "We, the Navigators: The ancient art of Landfinding in the Pacific" by author David Lewis. They used the sidereal compass, and as mentioned in your story, they used the known major wave patterns recognizable on the open Pacific. The reason I encourage paddlers to read the book is because the navigators used every cue available to them on the open sea. We can learn from them. GPS was less common when I wrote the book review. Chuck Sutherland *************************************************************************** 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 Fri Jun 04 2010 - 00:57:09 PDT
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