T&T: Technology was Anchor watch

[Roger Bingham]

Jeffrey Siegel said -
> I don't understand why there's this attack on technology all of a sudden.
>


I totally agree Jeff.

I love navigation - with paper charts and dividers, parallel rules, tide
tables and all.

But steering a course in open water for several hours bores me. Auto-pilot
is my tireless crew member.
Electronic chart-plotters show me how accurate or otherwise my navigation
is.
I use TomTom navigator on my PDA and a bluetooth GPS on land but plan the
journey with paper maps or a road atlas.

Radar can see better than I can in poor visibility and AIS complements this
nicely.

I love the toys but never totally rely on them.

Use the technology, enjoy the benefits but don't lose the traditional
skills.

Regards

Roger Bingham
France