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I am interested in learning to navigate, but am wondering where to
start. Basic questions I have include: - where can I buy dividers, compass and charts (e.g. St. Croix river area), - is there a recommended class (online or distance learning) for navigation this winter, and - in the long-term is there a certification for pilot or navigator that is worth obtaining for cruising? All input is appreciated, thank you. Alan |
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"Alan Parr" wrote in message
om... I am interested in learning to navigate, but am wondering where to start. Basic questions I have include: - where can I buy dividers, compass and charts (e.g. St. Croix river area), Online at www.westmarine.com or www.boatus.com (same company, actually - the former owns the latter). The major diff is that if you walk into a West Marine store, you can have a catalog for free. At BoatUS, they insult you by charging you fourteen bucks for a catalog. - is there a recommended class (online or distance learning) for navigation this winter, and - in the long-term is there a certification for pilot or navigator that is worth obtaining for cruising? Not sure where the St. Croix river is. But, if you've got a Coast Guard station anywhere nearby, give them a call and ask about Power Squadron classes. They're usually given at local high schools, fire halls, churches, or other hideously overheated placed. Well worthwhile, though. |
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![]() "Alan Parr" wrote in message om... I am interested in learning to navigate, but am wondering where to start. Basic questions I have include: - where can I buy dividers, compass and charts (e.g. St. Croix river area), - is there a recommended class (online or distance learning) for navigation this winter, and - in the long-term is there a certification for pilot or navigator that is worth obtaining for cruising? All input is appreciated, thank you. Alan ......and I forgot to mention: Absolutely, positively get yourself the book "Chapman Piloting, Seamanship and Small Boat Handling", by Elbert S. Maloney. Not easy to find in bookstores, but you can order it from www.westmarine.com. |
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On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 14:43:50 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
wrote: "Alan Parr" wrote in message . com... I am interested in learning to navigate, but am wondering where to start. Basic questions I have include: - where can I buy dividers, compass and charts (e.g. St. Croix river area), Online at www.westmarine.com or www.boatus.com (same company, actually - the former owns the latter). The major diff is that if you walk into a West Marine store, you can have a catalog for free. At BoatUS, they insult you by charging you fourteen bucks for a catalog. - is there a recommended class (online or distance learning) for navigation this winter, and - in the long-term is there a certification for pilot or navigator that is worth obtaining for cruising? Not sure where the St. Croix river is. But, if you've got a Coast Guard station anywhere nearby, give them a call and ask about Power Squadron classes. They're usually given at local high schools, fire halls, churches, or other hideously overheated placed. Well worthwhile, though. ROTFL!!!! I helped a friend with a Nav course last winter and it was held in a Holiday Inn conference room. On a Sunday. (PRAISE JESUS!!!!) With the Greater Hartford Nigerian Christian Evangelical Church services being held three conference rooms down the hall. (PRAISE JESUS!!!!) With drums - BIG drums. (PRAISE JESUS!!!!) Not a drum set, but REAL African drums. (PRAISE JESUS!!!!) And what sounded like a Hammond B3. (PRAISE JESUS!!!!) With a Leslie. (PRAISE JESUS!!!!) And a band with guitars and four Marshall amps. (PRAISE JESUS!!!!) And a bass player. (PRAISE JESUS!!!!) And a preacher who made up for his lack of singing ability with a LOT of enthusiasm. (PRAISE JESUS!!!!) Overheating wasn't the major problem. :) (AMEN!!!!) Later, Tom ----------- "Angling may be said to be so like the mathematics that it can never be fully learnt..." Izaak Walton "The Compleat Angler", 1653 |
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On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 14:47:57 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
wrote: "Alan Parr" wrote in message . com... I am interested in learning to navigate, but am wondering where to start. Basic questions I have include: - where can I buy dividers, compass and charts (e.g. St. Croix river area), - is there a recommended class (online or distance learning) for navigation this winter, and - in the long-term is there a certification for pilot or navigator that is worth obtaining for cruising? All input is appreciated, thank you. Alan .....and I forgot to mention: Absolutely, positively get yourself the book "Chapman Piloting, Seamanship and Small Boat Handling", by Elbert S. Maloney. Not easy to find in bookstores, but you can order it from www.westmarine.com. IDIOT!!!! NIMROD!!!! BOZO!!!! NUMB NUTS!!!! Oh, wait, this is a boating thread. Never mind - my bad. :) Later, Tom |
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Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 14:47:57 GMT, "Doug Kanter" wrote: "Alan Parr" wrote in message .com... I am interested in learning to navigate, but am wondering where to start. Basic questions I have include: - where can I buy dividers, compass and charts (e.g. St. Croix river area), - is there a recommended class (online or distance learning) for navigation this winter, and - in the long-term is there a certification for pilot or navigator that is worth obtaining for cruising? All input is appreciated, thank you. Alan .....and I forgot to mention: Absolutely, positively get yourself the book "Chapman Piloting, Seamanship and Small Boat Handling", by Elbert S. Maloney. Not easy to find in bookstores, but you can order it from www.westmarine.com. IDIOT!!!! NIMROD!!!! BOZO!!!! NUMB NUTS!!!! Oh, wait, this is a boating thread. Never mind - my bad. :) Later, Tom Bad indeed. Nimrod was a mighty hunter, among other attributes. -- We today have a president of the United States who looks like he is the son of Howdy Doody or Alfred E. Newman, who isn't smarter than either of them, who is arrogant about his ignorance, who is reckless and incompetent, and whose backers are turning the United States into a pariah. What, me worry? |
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On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 10:59:57 -0400, Harry Krause
wrote: Short Wave Sportfishing wrote: On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 14:47:57 GMT, "Doug Kanter" wrote: "Alan Parr" wrote in message e.com... I am interested in learning to navigate, but am wondering where to start. Basic questions I have include: - where can I buy dividers, compass and charts (e.g. St. Croix river area), - is there a recommended class (online or distance learning) for navigation this winter, and - in the long-term is there a certification for pilot or navigator that is worth obtaining for cruising? All input is appreciated, thank you. Alan .....and I forgot to mention: Absolutely, positively get yourself the book "Chapman Piloting, Seamanship and Small Boat Handling", by Elbert S. Maloney. Not easy to find in bookstores, but you can order it from www.westmarine.com. IDIOT!!!! NIMROD!!!! BOZO!!!! NUMB NUTS!!!! Oh, wait, this is a boating thread. Never mind - my bad. :) Bad indeed. Nimrod was a mighty hunter, among other attributes. Well I'll be....er.....hornswoggled!!! I never knew that. Interesting read. Thanks Harry. http://www.ldolphin.org/Nimrod.html Later, Tom ----------- "Angling may be said to be so like the mathematics that it can never be fully learnt..." Izaak Walton "The Compleat Angler", 1653 |
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- where can I buy dividers, compass and charts (e.g. St. Croix river
area), St Crois River? Best I can say is, go downstream until you hit a bridge, turn right and that is Minnesota, turn left and it is Wisconsin. seriously, if you really want a genuine nav course, go to any small airport that gives flying lessons and sign for a nav course. you won't learn celestial nav, because that went the way of the dodo bird in aviation about 60 years ago, and in seagoing about 20 years ago. Sorta like button hooks and boots. |
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Bad indeed. Nimrod was a mighty hunter, among other attributes.
what Nimrod hunted was human beings. A sadistic ******* he was too, but you are right hoary, Nimrod was good at it. |
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