One thing I also like about it is that once I’m finished sailing, the app has a function that allows me to export the statistics directly to my Google Sheets Sailing Log…..
Tag Archives: Navigation
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Stopped in My Tracks
- 2016-02-01
- Categories: Personal Ponderings
- Tags: Navigation, Sailing Apps, Sailing Log
- Comments: 3
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Nautical Charts and Sailing Knots
- 2012-11-28
- Categories: Getting Started
- Tags: Boat Electronics, GPS, Nautical Charts, Navigation, Sailing Knots
- Comments: 5
It kind of felt like Christmas when I checked my mail today! I had ordered these books a few days ago to use them for research and training. One of them, How to Read a Nautical Chart: A Complete Guide to Understanding and Using Electronic and Paper Charts was mentioned on another sailing blog I follow and it caught my eye very quickly due to the nature of the book.
Since I’ve got no sailing experience [yet] and I have no idea how to read a nautical chart, I thought it’d be a great idea to jump in and give it a shot. This book interested me, too, because it mentioned
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Celestial Navigation – Do you use a GPS or a Sextant?
- 2012-10-04
- Categories: Getting Started
- Tags: Boat Electronics, Celestial Navigation, GPS, Navigation, Sextant
- Comments: 0
I’ve always been enamored with the concept of navigation across the vast oceans using only a little handheld device and taking measurements from the sun and stars. As a kid, I was so curious how the old world explorers were able to do that and be accurate. That still amazes me, I guess!