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Old 06-19-2014, 08:18 AM   #15
sunchaser
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Originally Posted by djmarchand View Post
I rarely use waypoints. I use the extended course arrow and point the arrow where I want to go. I will watch the course made good and compare it to the bearing to where I want to go and make adjustments for wind and tide. David
We find in the PNW waters a course plotted every day is the easiest way to get there. My detest of slow to program plotters and niceties of our laptop based Nobeltec makes plotting and course changes a breeze. And when the fog roles in and visual cues disappear that prearranged course with radar and AIS makes "getting there" pretty easy.

Following buoys as Frydaze laments was a curse in the old sextant days too, or buoys in the River, or buoys in the channel, or the tip of Diamond Head, or the SE visible rock off the Southerly approach to Block Is, or aim to the center of Dunbarton Bridge when departing Redwood City YC - my point being there are always turning points that are commonly used. Capt Cook set up thousands of them around the world for others to follow.
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