Almost Lost at Sea
Jan 27, 2021 20:32:24 #
Jan 28, 2021 06:19:26 #
Jan 28, 2021 06:47:15 #
Cell phone apps are great...until you see no service. My Lowrance has a feature like the one you mentioned about your Garmin. On my unit it is on all the time even if you don't use it. GPS satellite technology it uses is highly accurate and it is an amazing. That good evening bite is on and next thing I know it is pitch black. I went by island humps, through narrow channels, swung wide of long shallow points to get where I'm at.... no sweat. Bring up my chart screen, find the line I traveled to get where I am. Then I put my boat on that line, bring the boat up to speed and fly all the way to the boat ramp in the dark of night. Awesome.
Jan 28, 2021 06:55:09 #
Duh, my bad. I forgot cell phones use GPS. I do know they don't have a 9 inch screen above my steering wheel!
Jan 28, 2021 07:04:18 #
Big dog
Loc: Bayshore, Long Island, New York
Brownsville Tony wrote:
Actually, it wasn't that bad, but close! FlyGuy a... (show quote)
Where’s the compass ?
Jan 28, 2021 07:29:45 #
Brownsville Tony wrote:
Actually, it wasn't that bad, but close! FlyGuy a... (show quote)
Happened to my grandad once. He was about three hundred yards from shore when the fog rolled in. Couldn't even figure which way shore was never mind find the entrance to the river. Put a compass in the boat the next day.
Jan 28, 2021 07:38:14 #
The disn side of compasses is you need to know where you are to begin with. The upside is they don't use batteries and don't attract mjce.
Jan 28, 2021 08:23:32 #
kandydisbar
Loc: West Orange, NJ
Pretty scary, thank goodness for the shrimper! My first overnight sailing class out of Oyster Bay, LI our electronics went out and no wind. As we frantically tried everything to get connection a ferry was headed right for us blaring its horn. Teacher finally said "someone get a flashlight and run it up and down the mast so the guy knows we're stuck here" Connection was made, motored out of the way just in time. I admit...I was scared!
Jan 28, 2021 09:27:29 #
Able Man
Loc: North Coast (Cleveland, Ohio)
bobber22 wrote:
If your in a fog and come across a red day marker, which way do you go to find the next buoy to get home. There is no correct answer without a compass. Yes red right returning a a faithful friend, but knowing the direction to the next one you can't see is conjecture.
One other item I REALLY like having aboard, is a chart for the area in which I expect to be. ... Even if I have my accurate compass, without knowing where the CHANNEL runs... ¿What good is it? (¿Help me run around on the next shoal between me and the beach?)
Jan 28, 2021 09:31:27 #
Able Man
Loc: North Coast (Cleveland, Ohio)
Flytier wrote:
The disn side of compasses is you need to know where you are to begin with. The upside is they don't use batteries and don't attract mjce.
IDEALLY; "we"(at least SOMEONE onboard) DOES know, at least "approximately", where on Earth we are, at all times. ("Ideally")
Jan 28, 2021 09:33:41 #
Able Man
Loc: North Coast (Cleveland, Ohio)
Able Man wrote:
(¿Help me run around on the next shoal between me and the beach?)
"Spell check" got me... That's supposed to say: "...run aground..."
Jan 28, 2021 12:23:41 #
woodguru wrote:
Navionics is on my wife's and Polaris Navigation is the one I put on my phone
Thanks, just installed Polaris Navigation.
Jan 28, 2021 13:16:06 #
bapabear
Loc: Blaine, Washington
I can relate. I had an electric fire loosing all navigation in a heavy fog. Thank goodness I knew dead reckoning. I now have a back up hand held GPS aboard. They are not that expensive new, and cheap used. I took the time to put navigation markers on mine as waypoints and added routes (as clear as possible from traffic lanes) for areas I cruise. No expensive Navionics maps needed that way. That being said, learn dead reckoning and have a compass aboard along with a paper chart. It is both safe and fun. The hardest part is steering to a compass. "Practice when it is clear out". Remember, if in the fog, boats can not see you and you can't see them, so if you are going to boat in foggy areas get radar or stay off the water in fog even with GPS. You and you alone are responsible for everyone on your boat. They trust you.
Jan 28, 2021 14:30:55 #
Able Man
Loc: North Coast (Cleveland, Ohio)
D.E.D. Reckoning: Means of determining my present location, because I kept track of Direction, Elapsed time & Distance (which requires me to have a fair idea of my speed of travel) ... DEAD Reckoning, is what's liable to happen, if I rely ONLY on modern electronics... Then the electronics "go out".
Jan 28, 2021 14:57:17 #
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