Chris, Wow. Things can get pretty complicated. We have been sailing around Puget Sound including the Georgia Strait for 40 years. We have a small Garmin GPS below at the nav station. The important navigation tools for us are my paper charts, parallel rules, dividers, a plastic speed distance time calculator (I forget what they call it), depth sounder and compass. We have a knot meter but are more apt to rely on the GPS for speed because of the strong currents in our area. We also have an old hand held GPS which we mount on a bracket on the stern pulpit which we got from a bike store but we hardly ever use it. If there is heavy fog we try to stay in port but if we get caught out we stay far from shipping lanes, and rely heavily on depth sounding contours, listen for fog horns and sound ours. Sure it would be nice to have radar and all the rest but these are not in our budget and provide unwarranted confidence and encourage one to go out when it would be prudent to stay in port. Just my thoughts. This works for us. Dave. Kaseler 1975 C&C 33 SLY
Sent from my iPad > On Sep 16, 2017, at 6:29 PM, Chris Hobson via CnC-List > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > We’re in Vancouver BC, Georgia Straight can get foggy, tides come and go and > we’re new at this. We have no GPS on our new to us 1981 C&C 30 and very > little in the way of navigation other than dead reckoning, basic familiarity > with the area and a compass at the helm. It’s fun because it’s like we just > purchased a 1981 C&C and technology isn’t around yet. However every sail is a > guessing game and I’d like to hear what others use for costal navigation. > Whether it’s real tangible maps, a GPS system you swear by or an iPad with > some software curious to hear what other C&C owners use to get find their way. > > Chris Hobson > S/V Going > 1980 C&C MKI > Hull 615 > > > _______________________________________________ > > This list is supported by the generous donations of our members. If you wish > to make a contribution to offset our costs, please go to: > https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > > All Contributions are greatly appreciated!
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