Re: The Astronomy Thread
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That's a very cool skill to have. I sailed dinghys on the Swan, then keel boats growing up, but no more involved than taking the tiller on the run out to Rotto. Shipboard safety was for jobs where my services were required on ship maintenance, but they make you do the course... Have always loved ships and sea/ferry travel but the career was on land...
You have a pretty unique skill, especially if GPS gets taken out in a big solar storm!
A GPS story - I was out on the west side of the Nullarbor working when Iraq war kicked off in March 2003. All of a sudden the GPS were re-routed for non-civilian use, and so the GPS wouldn't work. So, I simply went back to my map skills to find all the places I had to go to. That bit was fun.
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