Point your pelorus towards your buttons, Dave!
(Sorry, had to use that word somewhere....)
IT MADE ME LARF...............................
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Oooh, please feel free to whip out your sextant!!
On a serious note, are professional mariners still obliged to have the ability to navigate by the stars, or is GPS the norm these days?
I know that my late father-in-law managed to get his ship out of trouble more than once when equipment failure caused him to revert to more 'traditional' methods of navigation.
On a serious note, are professional mariners still obliged to have the ability to navigate by the stars, or is GPS the norm these days?
I know that my late father-in-law managed to get his ship out of trouble more than once when equipment failure caused him to revert to more 'traditional' methods of navigation.
Ba.A / Mid. B 1972 - 1978
Thee's got'n where thee cassn't back'n, hassn't?
Thee's got'n where thee cassn't back'n, hassn't?
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I am sure a professional merchant/Royal Navy officer cadet is still required to navigate by traditional methods - even the amateur Yachtmaster and Coastal/Day Skipper qualifications require it. In time of emergency or war, it is entirely possible to switch off or jam GPS transmissions.Richard Ruck wrote:On a serious note, are professional mariners still obliged to have the ability to navigate by the stars, or is GPS the norm these days?
I know that my late father-in-law managed to get his ship out of trouble more than once when equipment failure caused him to revert to more 'traditional' methods of navigation.
And that gives me only 2 more posts to go, so I must stop now!!!
David Eastburn (Prep B and Mid A 1947-55)