How things have changed. When John and I started sailing in the 1980s we actually found our way from NSW to Lord Howe Island by sextant - by the time we finished cruising in the early 2000s we were getting fixes by satellite and following our location on a map on a computer screen. The 2 volume books 'American Practical Navigator', were commonly called 'Bowditch' after the writer. Taken with a Nikon D800 and processed to sepia in camera with a vignette added in Adobe Camera Raw.
@ludwigsdiana We met a few South African sailors when we were in Brazil and my son is a ship captain working out of Capetown - although they are in the Bahamas now. We had two cruising yachts - sailed in Melanesia in one and around the world in the other.
@jeneurell Oh wow Jennifer, that sounds so exciting! We never had our own yacht, but rented. Our favourite trips were to the BVI's, Tahiti and many around Turkey, Greece and Mallorca. We are too old for it now but I really miss those times :-)
February 6th, 2022
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