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   Paul Oldham 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 💛 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 (tallpaul@mastodon.scot)'s status on Saturday, 23-Dec-2023 20:39:25 JST Paul Oldham 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 💛 🇺🇦 🇵🇸

   So you're out #sailing in a new area and your electrics fail. No bother, just go back to using a paper chart for navigation (if you ever stopped: I didn't).

   The only problem is that the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office is withdrawing its portfolio of Admiralty Standard Nautical Charts and Thematic Charts.

   Thank Bob we still have Imray ... for now.

   I'm also wondering what small or traditional boat sailors without electronics are meant to do.

   https://www.rya.org.uk/blog/the-rise-of-enavigation

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     ajlanes (ajlanes@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Sunday, 31-Dec-2023 06:56:50 JST ajlanes

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     • Alex Keane
     @squishymage42 @tallpaul plotters and chart apps allow you to download charts so they dont need a data signal, which is often a bit lacking at sea. Still need power though...
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     Alex Keane (squishymage42@dice.camp)'s status on Sunday, 31-Dec-2023 06:56:52 JST Alex Keane

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     @tallpaul That seems like one of the bad things to not have a back up in case of signal failure...