[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/ ***************************************************************************
-- Bradford R. Crain Fariborz Maseeh Department of Mathematics & Statistics Portland State University 724 SW Harrison St./334 Neuberger Hall Portland, Or. 97201 Phone: 503-725-3127 Fax: 503-725-3661 E-mail: crainb_at_pdx.edu I would think it relatively simple to sail around the world w/o instrumentation. You wouldn't know your route, and it might take 10 years, but I believe an experienced seaman could pull it off with high probability. (the other)BC Quoting billcovert_at_aol.com: > 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! > >> 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/ ***************************************************************************
1. He had accurate maps 2. He had lots of information about star positions 3. He could ask people where he was when near shore. 3. To sail around the world just requires that you go either west or east for a long time. Finding Easter Island is more difficult. On Jul 28, 2010, at 10:07 AM, billcovert_at_aol.com wrote: > 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. *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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