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Originally Posted by Kamper
Dont be embarassed to keep referring to your chart or chart-plotting GPS to be certain. That's my habit in any tight spot.
If you dont have your chart handy for some reason, you can also watch to see what other boats are doing. With luck they'll know what they're doing if you arent sure of your self. The other boater's competence cant be guaranteed but if they dont hit anything there's a good chance they guessed right.
Good luck!
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Thanks!
Yeah. Agreed. It's not so much that I care what anyone thinks. My concern is that if I spend TOO much time loitering in a certain area while I figure out what I'm doing, that's also not a good thing.
I've run in to a few situations when it took me a moment to wrap my head around what the markers are saying vs. what the chart says. When they match, I feel like I can navigate pretty confidently. If they don't match, it usually means I don't understand what I'm looking at yet.
I suspect people boating for a lot of years will understand this thought: I've learned a lot about boating over the last couple of years. But mostly, I've learned that I need to learn a lot more!
Yikes! what did I get myself in to????
Thanks for all your input. Helps enormously!