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I am attempting to learn navigation. Celestial to be exact.

Today I am buying a sextant for the boat and along with the kids, will try and learn how to take a sight via a celestial body and plot where we are on a chart.

I think this is an important skill to learn if you plan to be on a boat in the open ocean. Yes, we will have a GPS, but electronics fail and if that happened in the middle of the Gulf, then what would you do?

Bill and I have both read Maiden Voyage by Tania Aebi numerous times, and I just finished it again. It is a great summer read, even if you do not sail, so go check it out. At the age of 18, she sailed solo around the globe and lived to tell about it. It is just fascinating. She taught herself how to navigate, and had no GPS on board for the over 2 years she was on the boat. More than 50% of the time she was without an engine, so she had no way to power a GPS even if she had one.

Okay, we are off to the beach for the day.

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