Another Sea tale that is Highly probable.

[lapworth]

Polynesian sailors where also said to be able to read reflected swells from land.

[AdamLein]

And Marvin Creamer circumnavigated with no instruments at all, not even a chronometer. He looked at clouds, swells, sea and air life, rising and setting of the sun. He eyeballed zenith observations to get latitude.

circumnavigation

He was interviewed by FurledSails.com; very interesting guy.

[Omatako]

Originally Posted by Boasun

Well capt Cook went ashore to ask directions... and look what happened to him. His goose was cooked.

Yes but it's also true to say that Cook charted (even thought he may not necessarily have discovered) half the world before he finally became someone's dinner.

[Valiente]

Was he "Captain Cooked" then, or was he just served "tartare"?

[cthomas]

check out this link on emergency celestial navigation. it was on ocean navigator's web site. this works on is pretty accurate.
Emergency sun navigation | Articles & Archives | Ocean Navigator: The magazine for long-distance offshore sailing and power voyaging

[lapworth]

Captain Cooked That is dumb ! but still LOL

[sailaway21]

Ships don't carry flux gate compasses if they have a gyro compass. And they all carry magnetic compasses. The flux gate is a deficient attempt at providing the electronic outputs of a gyro compass without the gyro's inherent accuracy. For most sailors though, it's all we've got for the purpose.

[fullkeel7]

Originally Posted by Boasun

Well capt Cook went ashore to ask directions... and look what happened to him. His goose was cooked.

And to this day, the male gender will STILL not ask for directions. Who can blame!