[scnicklefritz]

To say that CN is expensive and difficult to learn is ridiculous! I bought a decent plastic sextant and learned it while doing a delivery from the V.I. to Florida years ago.

Granted, my triangulated fix was a lot bigger than the one created by the guy teaching me, I was close enough to the actual position to have spotted an island if that was what I was looking for.

If you can follow “cookbook method” directions, can add and subtract numbers, you can do CN.

Is it a waste of time and money?? I guess if you go through life never having had to actually need it, and rely on the electronics and satellites to tell you where you are, yea, it could be useless. Health insurance is worthless if you never need it. Same with fire, flood and earthquake, and even car insurance, I guess.

Mary Blewitt wrote a wonderful little ‘how to’ book on CN. I highly recommend it.