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Exactly. Fancy electronics are secondary to the Mark I Eyeball. Lighthouses are still incredibly useful in low visibility situations such as heavy fog.
by gabereiser 4y ago
Exactly. Fancy electronics are secondary to the Mark I Eyeball. Lighthouses are still incredibly useful in low visibility situations such as heavy fog.
- sandworm101 4y agoSo which do you go with when they disagree? If your eyeball sees a landmark that you believe puts you at point X, but the GPS says you are at point Y, which do you believe? For me, absent any other facts, I default to trusting the instrument over the human. I think the risk that the is human misidentifying a landmark is greater than the risk that a ship's GPS is malfunctioning. Again, absent any knowledge of hacking/spoofing in the area.
- gabereiser 4y agoIf it’s a matter of a landmark, I trust GPS. If it’s a matter of where the rocks and shoals are, I trust a human. From the cockpit you can only see what’s above the waterline. Currents and seas can shift sand bars and reefs. For that you need a person on the bow.