"Donal" wrote in message ...
"Joe" wrote in message
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"Lanod"


You never did tell anyone how you yachtmasters navigate without any
aids or inputs. Remember the wave slapping on the hull **** you
spewed?

I thought that I wouldn't need to explain the basics of navigation here.

Yachtmasters only have to show that they can navigate without external
inputs to prove that they understand the basic principles of navigation.


Tell us O yachtmaster, How do you navigate without external input?

Joe, you make me see red!

Yes, you guessed correctly! I'm only talking about your neck!


Please read my previous post again ... and this time try to understand it.

The "blind" test is done to establish the student's ability to predict a
boat's track from data such as tide tables, wind speed and direction, and
knowledge of a boat's performance.

For example, when I cross the channel, I will usually be out of sight of
land for many hours. If I am using trad nav, then I will only have the
wake as an external indicator.

HEY DONAL A WAKE IS EXTERNAL INPUT!!!!!!!!!!!!


I will have to use predictive skills to
determine my position.

BUY SEEING THE SET OF YOUR WAKE? THATS EXTERNAL!!!!



On a 70 mile trip, I will be accurate to within one
mile.


BECAUSE OF EXTERNAL IMPUT YOU GOT BY SEEING YOUR WAKE AND MAKING
CORRECTIONS USING YOUR COMPASS COURSE, WHICH IS EXTERNAL IMPUT, unless
your on a bent a toe and the wake is in the bildge.

I accept that this accuracy might be different on a trans-Atlantic crossing,
as I have no experience of such things.


Thats mighty humble coming from a yachtmaster wanna be.

Now tell us how your going to be in the blind with no external imput
and navigate O yachtmaster.

Joe
MSV RedCloud



Regards


Donal
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