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.
My bookends
What lovely bookends you have! I checked the book at Amazon, and I think my oldest, and really all the kids, would LOVE it. Thanks for the recommendation.
kathy and I will turn you into an unschooler yet!
Oh, BTW, I don’t know if you’ll play or not, but you’ve been tagged! You’re it!
sounds like fun and cute photo
Sounds like fun. And smart too. Somethings are just necessary to KNOW even if some fancy electronic gadget can do it.
Your bookends take my breath away. Hope the beach was wonderful.
If you want a cool read-aloud for your older kids, get “Carry On, Mr. Bowditch!” It’s about the guy who invented the sextant. Mr. MG read it to the Princess and she absolutely loved it.
I was thinking I would check that book out – only when I read about it on Amazon I realized I already read it! LOL. That’s a problem with me… I’m a voracious reader and gobble books up. I am rather desperate sometimes at the library to find something I haven’t read yet.
Your bookends are gorgoues !! Love your blog.
You are so ambitious! My excitement for the day includes mowing the lawn… ;o)
Your “bookends” are beautifully sunkissed.