Loran c

[MiVelero]

I did see the combo gps/loran unit but for the price and have all your eggs in one basket did not make sense.
Fortunately my unit is small and does not take up much space, I have played with it but no serious use (last time using loran and omega was in the late 60s). I have had a problem locking in on signals but usually in port.
So I guess it is a keeper. I understand the loran c will continue to function with new transmiters ??

[T34C]

Originally Posted by sailaway21

If I had a Loran C set, I'd certainly keep it and probably even use it. I definitely wouldn't get rid of it now that it looks like the system will be maintained for the foreseeable future.

Do you want one???? I've got one I no longer use.

[Cruisingdad]

Throw the thing in the trash. Or better yet, give it to Sway. Maybe he can retro the thing to double as a cleat.

- CD

[camaraderie]

I want one to put next to my sextant and lead line.

[patrickrea]

Originally Posted by camaraderie

I want one to put next to my sextant and lead line.

Leadline? I thought I was the only person still using one. Granted it's on a 14' runabout used strictlt for fishing in quite muddy water.

[Cruisingdad]

Originally Posted by patrickrea

Leadline? I thought I was the only person still using one. Granted it's on a 14' runabout used strictlt for fishing in quite muddy water.

Nope. Sailaway21 uses one too. It was the most useful tool in his arsenal when trying to discover America. Unfortunately, all he found was Michigan.

- CD

[sailaway21]

In a doubtlessly vain attempt to return the thread to rationality, I'd ask what everyone here paid for their GPS units or chartplotters. Since the vast majority of sailing is done in waters covered by Loran C and the OP owns one it would seem that his near-offshore navigation needs are quite well met for the near term future. And he will not have to update the unit periodically as all you conscientious chart-plotter users do, correct?

An hour ago I did not own a Loran set. Now it seems I'm about to acquire one for free. And it will get me across Lake Michigan quite as well as any GPS unit will. I'll also be able to afford other important things with the money otherwise spent, on a recurring basis, on GPS chart updates.

The only person whom might mock the carriage of a lead line would be one whom has never found themselves on an unfamiliar shore with a defunct fathometer in circumstances where they could not afford to remain well offshore.

[Cruisingdad]

Originally Posted by sailaway21

In a doubtlessly vain attempt to return the thread to rationality, I'd ask what everyone here paid for their GPS units or chartplotters. Since the vast majority of sailing is done in waters covered by Loran C and the OP owns one it would seem that his near-offshore navigation needs are quite well met for the near term future. And he will not have to update the unit periodically as all you conscientious chart-plotter users do, correct?

An hour ago I did not own a Loran set. Now it seems I'm about to acquire one for free. And it will get me across Lake Michigan quite as well as any GPS unit will. I'll also be able to afford other important things with the money otherwise spent, on a recurring basis, on GPS chart updates.

The only person whom might mock the carriage of a lead line would be one whom has never found themselves on an unfamiliar shore with a defunct fathometer in circumstances where they could not afford to remain well offshore.

GPS gives you lat and lon which you reference on a paper chart. What does a Loran give you?

- CD

[sailaway21]

Originally Posted by Cruisingdad

GPS gives you lat and lon which you reference on a paper chart. What does a Loran give you?

- CD

So, you're posting strongly held opinions here with apparently little or no knowledge of how either Loran or a Loran set works? That's uncharacteristically beneath you. Cam is correct in lamenting the demise of red rep.

[Cruisingdad]

Originally Posted by sailaway21

So, you're posting strongly held opinions here with apparently little or no knowledge of how either Loran or a Loran set works? That's uncharacteristically beneath you. Cam is correct in lamenting the demise of red rep.

My point being that you do not update the GPS EITHER!!! Chartplotter is not comparable to a Loran, a GPS is.

Dad had a Loran on his boat too when he bought it. Want to guess where it is!??

- CD