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I am curious - did you train to navigate with a sextant? Did you have some old salt aboard who could do that? It seems like a very seamanlike skill to possess. Especially when all the electric gear goes fins-up.

I was a heavy diesel mechanic for most of my tenure so didn't have much contact with the navigational end of the world, however I did attend a 3 week Sextant school in Governors Island NY - the final exam was with a set of coordinates you had to find 3 nickles hidden in a football field.

That was a Bitch!
 
I was a heavy diesel mechanic for most of my tenure so didn't have much contact with the navigational end of the world, however I did attend a 3 week Sextant school in Governors Island NY - the final exam was with a set of coordinates you had to find 3 nickles hidden in a football field.

That was a Bitch!

That sounds like a truly righteous final exam!
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I wonder how many guys were disappointed when no sex tent was provided. :bigjoint:
 
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