[QUOTE=Vezo, Part II;242806]. . . but I haven't a clue how to navigate by charts! . . ./QUOTE]
Dead reckoning navigation isn't that hard . . . all you need is a compensated compass or a deviation card and a stopwatch. Always good to have that as back-up in case the electronics crap out. (We didn't have GPS back in the 70's and not many guys had Loran!) The Chapman's book has some good examples & Power Squadron teaches courses on it.
Getting this trip together seems to be about like it was back in the 70's when I worked at Pratt . . . the younger guys who could afford it didn't have enough vacation time (had to be there 15 years to get 3 weeks vacation), and the older guys with 3-4 weeks vacation had kids in college and couldn't afford it! Some things never change!
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