[Rhodes22-list] Navigation

[Wally Buck]

Backup suggestion is a good one. I have the Gamin GPS Map 76. It works well 
and you could plan the trip on your computer (are Gamin Blue Charts ok with 
Mac?) and enter all waypoints. You could print charts and load waypoints 
onto your GPS. Spend a little bit of time using the GPS before you go.

If you are worried about getting lost or GPS going down; mark your position 
at regular intervals on chart. Do some reading on dead reckoning and coastal 
navigation.

You will be fine!

Wally

>From: "Keith Burkhardt" <keith_burkhardt at acordia.com>
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>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Navigation
>Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 01:14:52 -0500
>
>Garman model 76 is just fine
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>I'd suggest you buy another GPS that has charting capabilities, and use
>your current one as the backup.
>
>Herb Parsons
>
>S/V O'Jure
>   1976 O'Day 25
>   Lake Grapevine, N TX
>
>S/V Reve de Papa
>   1971 Coronado 35
>   Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana Coast
>
> >>> salm at mn.rr.com 1/18/2005 2:50:32 PM >>>
>Hi all,
>
>Mary Ann and I are starting to plan a sailing trip on Lake Superior
>this
>summer.  Perhaps trailering to Thunder Bay and sailing around the
>islands on
>the Canadian north shore.  We've got some friends that do this every
>year
>and we want to go with them.  I'd feel a lot safer going with another
>boat
>or two.
>
>I'm starting to feel fairly confident with my boat handling skills and
>I
>have a good first mate, (and a good boat) but I don't know much about
>navigation.  Obviously, I'll need up-to-date charts, a good compass and
>a
>GPS.  But beyond that, I'm not sure where to start.  We have a
>hand-held GPS
>on Fandango that I've used to check my speed, but that's about all I've
>used
>it for.  I know I'll have to familiarize myself with its other
>features.
>But you just take the lat. and long. reading and plot that position on
>the
>chart, right?  Is it much more complicated than that?  What if the GPS
>goes
>down?  Do you carry a spare?  I don't really see myself going to the
>bother
>of learning celestial nav with a sextant, but maybe that's being
>foolish.
>Anyone have any advice?
>
>Thanks,
>Slim
>
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