[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, a top posted digest was trimmed] In your discussion of navigation without instruments,have you heard of Marvin Creamer who sailed around the world in 1982-1984 without the use of compass, sextantor electronic instruments! TheGLOBE STAR completed a successful circumnavigation of the globe, skippered byProfessor Marvin Creamer of New Jersey. Creamer navigated without the use ofcompass, sextant or electronic instruments! He eschewed even a wristwatch, buttook an hourglass for changes of watch! Actually, a sextant, clock, compass andradio were sealed in a locker below deck in event of an emergency, but theseremained sealed for the entire journey, which was attested to and notarized byproper inspections. Alink to information about him is at the site below: You can get the http://www.globestar.org/ Furled sails site has a two part (about I hour each) infree podcasts #143 & #144 http://www.furledsails.com/article.php3?article=774 http://www.furledsails.com/article.php3?article=775 Wikipedia Article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvin_Creamer Bill Covert *************************************************************************** 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 Jul 30 2010 - 10:44:13 PDT
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