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    Posted: 16 Mar 05 at 10:32pm
Originally posted by Stefan Lloyd

Originally posted by Scooby_simon

I guess an on-board GPS would help to identify when you had got back on close hauled ?

Not really. I've used GPS a lot in keelboats and racing yachts and none of them have recorded a detailed history of where you have been. It's not what they are for. Nor are they that accurate in practice regarding instantaneous speed and direction (as opposed to position, which is usually accurate to a few 10s of metres and sometimes better ).

 

What are you using.  Mar Garmin V has a 1 second sample rate and provides excellent plots of what I've been doing.

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