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Originally Posted by Botnst
I spent several hours with a captain of 120 ft crew boat recently. He said he had a sextant somewhere on board. But he'd have to get the books out to re-learn how to use it. He goes out to 400 miles.
(He's basically a hot-shot boat. Rig needs something NOW, he's their boy. 4, 550 hp supercharged diesels. Keeps 2 spares at the dock and can change one out in 6 hrs.)
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We've discussed this before but to pass time on the sail boat as a child Dad taught us how to navigate using the Zenith RDF which is what eventually made my military schools fairly easy since land navigation was usually the hardest part of any advanced training. I had to learn the grid system but after that I was the instructors assistant.......eating that cheese.
When I was visiting my Mom she was telling me about the tough land nav course at Fort Drum and there were no fixed points.....as she said that I pointed at the water tower in the middle and asked her if that was "fixed enough".