The buoy locations for the smallest buoys in shallow water with little tide
range might be as good as 50 feet, but the Watch Circle Radius for many buoys is
50 yards or more. In fact, the are 6 categories for accuracy, only the most
accurate is better than 50 yards.



"George Homme" wrote in message
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Huh? I agree that you can/should pull buoy locations from a chart. If
nothing else, you get good practice using dividers and learning more about
lat and long. BUT........I don't see how you could be any more accurate then
actually pulling up to the buoy, current or no. Even if I am missing
something, it would be more like 50 feet and not yards.


"Jeff Morris" wrote in message
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"Richard" wrote in message
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The book will give you a more accurate fix than trying to take it
visually
off the chart.

I have no trouble getting a very accurate position from a chart. The
trick is
to use dividers, not just "visually." In fact, I prefer this method, if
only
for the practice.

If you go right up to a buoy and take a fix that is the most
accurate.

Not necessarily. If there is a current, the buoy could off 50 yards or
more.
The chart or book should show the average position. And besides, there
are lots
of buoys I wouldn't want to go "right up to." Actually, the waypoints I
use the
most are not buoys, but channel locations.


It also saves time. I am not saying you don't need a chart. You
do.

what is wrong with using the chart?