Nice, Joe. : ) The old red lightship with "Nantucket" in big letters on the side is often anchored outside Newport harbor. I imagine there are some who are a bit confused by this.
I've got to try your Jamaica trick, though. That's classic! > > > Bermuda is harder in some ways. As the many wrecks can attest to, you can > be on the reefs before you see the island. > > We did create some confusion by sailing a Sunfish west from the island > until you couldn't see land and waiting for an incoming > boat. Their expression when we said "Welcome to Jamaica" was priceless. > > > > Joe Della Barba > > > > From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Steve > Thomas > Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2013 12:54 PM > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Subject: Re: Stus-List Sextant > > > > Some people have used jet contrails to find Hawaii. > > > > Steve Thomas > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: CnC-List [ mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com <mailto: > cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com> ]On Behalf Of Joel Aronson > Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2013 12:34 PM > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > Subject: Re: Stus-List Sextant > > Those were the days! > > Joel Aronson > > > > > On Jan 29, 2013, at 12:30 PM, "Della Barba, Joe" < > joe.della.ba...@ssa.gov<mailto: > joe.della.ba...@ssa.gov> > wrote: > > We used a sextant to find Bermuda in 1980 and it was a major PITA. In > rough seas on a small boat getting any accuracy beyond maybe > +/- 15 miles is doing very well. Just taking the sight and not falling > overboard or dropping the sextant was an accomplishment. We > ended up running a latitude line north of the island until we picked up > the radio beacon on the RDF and followed that in. > > Joe Della Barba > > Coquina > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com <http://www.cncphotoalbum.com> > CnC-List@cnc-list.com <mailto:CnC-List@cnc-list.com> > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > > -- Andrew Burton 61 W Narragansett Ave Newport, RI USA 02840 http://sites.google.com/site/andrewburtonyachtservices/ phone +401 965 5260
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