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temptress
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Reged: 15/08/2002
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Loc: Portsmouth, UK

Re: backup plotters

16/05/2008 16:33

If my main battery system fails my GPS as well as my plotter go down.

In that event I have a handheld GPS and paper charts. If I drop the GPS then it is back to DR or sextant.

BTW - I have a 'spare' laptop onboard so I guess I could always rig this up but "paper with writing on" technology is a good fallback.

How much redundany do you need?

We usually do at least one channel crossing each year with the GPS and plotter off just to remind ourselves how it's done. But then we like navigation and SWMBO is a YM instructor as well...............

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Subject	Posted by	Posted on
backup plotters	Morgana	14/05/2008 18:48
Re: backup plotters	temptress	16/05/2008 16:33
Re: backup plotters	moody1	16/05/2008 10:59
Re: backup plotters	CBT	15/05/2008 18:29
Re: backup plotters	Morgana	15/05/2008 19:37
Re: backup plotters	WindFinder	15/05/2008 19:51
Re: backup plotters	Morgana	15/05/2008 20:03
Re: backup plotters	WindFinder	15/05/2008 20:07
Re: backup plotters	Morgana	15/05/2008 20:27
Re: backup plotters	WindFinder	15/05/2008 20:54
Re: backup plotters	Morgana	15/05/2008 21:02
Re: backup plotters	WindFinder	15/05/2008 21:22
Re: backup plotters	john_morris_uk	15/05/2008 07:39
Re: backup plotters	WindFinder	15/05/2008 19:40
Re: backup plotters	john_morris_uk	15/05/2008 22:57
Re: backup plotters	WindFinder	16/05/2008 07:23
Re: backup plotters	john_morris_uk	16/05/2008 16:55
Re: backup plotters	WindFinder	16/05/2008 17:08
Re: backup plotters	john_morris_uk	17/05/2008 00:05
Re: backup plotters	Lemain	16/05/2008 17:37
Re: backup plotters	Marsupial	16/05/2008 18:43
Re: backup plotters	Captainslarty	16/05/2008 21:18
Re: backup plotters	Lemain	17/05/2008 08:25
Re: backup plotters	Captainslarty	17/05/2008 12:05
Re: backup plotters	Marsupial	17/05/2008 05:16
Re: backup plotters	Lemain	16/05/2008 07:48
Re: backup plotters	WindFinder	16/05/2008 14:38
Re: backup plotters	Fireball	16/05/2008 15:04
Re: backup plotters	WindFinder	16/05/2008 15:24
Re: backup plotters	Fireball	16/05/2008 15:48
Re: backup plotters	havent_a_clue	16/05/2008 11:15
Re: backup plotters	Lemain	16/05/2008 14:28
Re: backup plotters	WindFinder	16/05/2008 14:59
Re: backup plotters	Morgana	16/05/2008 15:01
Re: backup plotters	WindFinder	16/05/2008 15:12
Re: backup plotters	temptress	16/05/2008 16:36
Re: backup plotters	Morgana	16/05/2008 08:07
Re: backup plotters	BrendanS	15/05/2008 23:04
Re: backup plotters	john_morris_uk	16/05/2008 16:44
Re: backup plotters	tiggertoo	15/05/2008 07:44
Re: backup plotters	john_morris_uk	15/05/2008 07:48
Re: backup plotters	tiggertoo	15/05/2008 08:17
Re: backup plotters	john_morris_uk	15/05/2008 08:31
drifting now...	tiggertoo	15/05/2008 09:11
Re: drifting now...	Captainslarty	15/05/2008 11:27
Re: drifting now...	Marsupial	15/05/2008 17:50
Re: drifting now...	john_morris_uk	15/05/2008 17:46
Re: backup plotters	TigaWave	15/05/2008 07:43
Re: backup plotters	john_morris_uk	15/05/2008 07:52
Re: backup plotters	TigaWave	15/05/2008 07:34
Re: backup plotters	Lemain	15/05/2008 00:35
Re: backup plotters	Marsupial	15/05/2008 07:32
Re: backup plotters	Oldhand	14/05/2008 20:02
Re: backup plotters	oilyrag	14/05/2008 19:46
Re: backup plotters	Galadriel	14/05/2008 19:08
Re: backup plotters	Morgana	14/05/2008 19:11
Re: backup plotters	jordanbasset	14/05/2008 19:47
Re: backup plotters	Morgana	14/05/2008 19:49
Re: backup plotters	BrendanS	15/05/2008 00:42
Re: backup plotters	eastcoastbernie	15/05/2008 07:33

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