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While sailing far offshore I came across a flotilla of Naval ships. They were lost due to a EMP (electro magnetic pluse) that wipe out their electronics including those chart plotters... Even their gyro and fluxgate compasses were down.
Using flashing light they were able to communicate their problems to me. Several Naval ships and not one sextant between them. Thus they were lost.
So using my trusty C Plath Sextant, I plotted a position for them and then led them back to port with my old fashion magnetic compass and giving them a position fix every hour as we progress toward their port of call.
After the ships were all moored, the Admiral sent all of the ships navigators over to my boat and for the next few weeks I taught them the old fashion way of navigating. The Navy acquired sextants and pubs for all of their ships and Electronic navigation was looked on with a lack of trusting suspiction.
Using flashing light they were able to communicate their problems to me. Several Naval ships and not one sextant between them. Thus they were lost.
So using my trusty C Plath Sextant, I plotted a position for them and then led them back to port with my old fashion magnetic compass and giving them a position fix every hour as we progress toward their port of call.
After the ships were all moored, the Admiral sent all of the ships navigators over to my boat and for the next few weeks I taught them the old fashion way of navigating. The Navy acquired sextants and pubs for all of their ships and Electronic navigation was looked on with a lack of trusting suspiction.