[PCW] Electronic Equipment

[Dan or Judy Kernell]

Okay guys.  If you can not trust the charts for navigation - what do your
trust.  When I travel between day marker to day marker or other navigational
aids I have to trust the people placing the day markers.  It is great to use
the auto pilot that has a track feature to adjust for wind or current.  This
is actually more accurate steering between point to point than hand steering.
You cannot do this with a laptop with navigation software.
 
Have a great day. 
 
Dan

--- On Wed, 10/28/09, Bill Carlson, Sr. <bcarlson at erols.com> wrote:


From: Bill Carlson, Sr. <bcarlson at erols.com>
Subject: Re: [PCW] Electronic Equipment
To: "Power Catamaran List" <power-catamaran at lists.samurai.com>
Date: Wednesday, October 28, 2009, 11:20 PM


Charts are an APPROXIMATION of the physical realities - - relying on them cost
me over $6,000 in prop, hull, and rudder damage.
Bill


On Oct 28, 2009, at 12:16 PM, <2elnav at netbistro.com> wrote:

> ----- Original Message ----- >
>> We love picking a waypoint on the chart and
>> letting the auto pilot take us to within 10 feet.
>
>
> REPLY
> That is not such a good idea.  This summer there was a news story of a
cruiser in Alaska doing exactly that.  It resulted in  the boat  ramming a
charted rock  doing  extensive  damage amounting  to $$ thousands.  The
owner's complaint that the chart was inaccurate was quickly rebutted by
several  cruisers who pointed out the errors  leading to why  the boat had
rammed the charted rock at  five knots or better.  One cruiser who had
anchored nearby at almost the same time said he had taken one look at the area
and decided  it was not sound seamanship to cut it that close.
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