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Old 03-10-2006, 07:14 AM   #97
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Default Attu.

The island of Attu is the last in the chain of the Aleution islands and is on the other side of the international date line making it the eastern most part of the continental US. I should have made that clear.

Sorry DONZ, but this does have something to do with our Lake. Both the Biizer and Duncan charts now have Lat. and Lon. on them. There is nothing that I like better than getting a call and the caller has the GPS co-ords. I once had a lost boater at night. When I asked him "where are the red beacons on Mt. Belknap in relation to your boat"? he said "on my right"!

It's good to take your GPS position and place it on the chart once in a while.

The GPS is a Nav tool, not a vidio game.

If anyone is interested and I can get 10 students we can put on an Auxiliary Basic Coastal Navigation course. (It works on the Lake too). It takes about six to eight lessons (with homework) and is a lot of fun! PP me and we can see what happens.

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