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Mark and Cindy
Hi Mark and Cindy,
Kathy and I consistently enjoy your posts! I think I might be part Koala. I loved the mural of the possible Carlos Santana image, it had a bit of Grateful Dead as well! Here’s hoping you are still enjoying the wander. May you continually find following breezes and pleasant surprises1
Hi
Regarding the technology transitions article, you said “we carry complete mirror backup systems should the computer ever fail during a voyage…”. Do you also have paper charts or celetial nav publications/ apps for the unlikely event that gps goes down or another serious problem?
No. We do not have paper charts for many of the areas we sail. They are simply not available anymore and if they are, they are very outdated. I do not know of a single world cruising sailor who carries up to date paper charts. That era is gone.
And, let’s be honest here, if GPS goes down, the world has much bigger problems than us finding land. I guess we will try not to be hit by airplanes falling from the sky. And, no app is going to work without GPS. We do have a sextant, but again, having current tables is not something we maintain. It is just too difficult . The chance of having to need a sextant would be less than my chances of winning the Powerball.
There are 4 accessible GPS systems available to us in the world. Each system has redundancies to prevent outages. The chances that everything all fails at once is so slight, it is practically impossible.
I find that when we are asked this question by someone it is because they don’t understand the complexity of the technology involved or they have a bit of a doomer or catastrophistic personality and are trying to troll for an aguement by twisting facts or obsessing over pointless “truths”. I’ll give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you are the former. I’d be happy to answer any questions you might have regarding GPS technologies.
Hi Mark-
Thanks for that very complete reply. I guess I’d say that I’m in the category of not understanding the complexity of the technology, but I certainly use it, and I’m not arguing that it is not dependable. Mostly, I’m just old, so I remember when gps did not exist, then the USCG continued to require paper charts, then whatever it is now. I was also curious about how the current class of world cruisers sees the navigation chart situation, so I appreciate your information. Btw, my “backup” is an app on my phone.
Hello Mark and Cindy,
How are you doing?
I’m Damaris and was reading your story about Suvasuva. Is it possible to get in contact with you? Because we are heading to savusavu and arriving in 48 hours.
Warm regards
Damaris
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Good day! Still following! I love reading your posts and eagerly look forward to them. Your photos are still delightful, your prose is informative and I love the peeks into the sailing lifestyle. Thank you for entertaining us for these many years. I wish you many more!
Thank you. We’ll try our best.
Thank you Marie. I remember you being one of the first people to comment when the blog was new. We’ve been through a lot of posts together. 🙂 Thank you for following along and for all of your kind, supportive comments along the way. Wishing you peace, health and happiness.
Best,
Cindy