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100%. And... Everyone has different responsibilities and different baggage and different perspective. As a young guy, I paddled all...

How many here had $1200 for a canoe in 1975? I think the question is probably meant to be about the “state of the art” differences...

As far as gear goes, the biggest improvement that I've benefited from is in communication devices. First there was the Garmin Inreach...

Marc-Andre Pauze recently interviewed Garrett Conover and published the interview on his quarterly internet publication (marcpauze.net...

Lighter weight hulls - good Cost of equipment - bad

Depends on how accurate you care to be. What is your location accuracy tolerance? I doubt those cheapie plastic things will get you...

One can also buy plastic sextants for not too much money and with the addition of an artificial horizon you don’t need to be on the...

my grandfather's ink well.. keep it on my desk, have to polish it once in a while tho. I'm obsolete now also, so I like to have other...

I’d love to learn to use a sextant. Probably not going to happen in this lifetime, but an intriguing skill.

This is what a set of ships curves looks like if anyone is curious. Jim

I am way behind on getting in this thread. It seems I am not alone. In my mind obsolete just means I can afford it, they are still...

Anyone have a collection of triangles and French curves? Rapidiograph pens? I actually could have used these tools recently.

An old guide once told me to always carry 3 compasses. One as my own favorite primarry, a secondary in case something happens to the...

How about a parachute? That level of technology screams “PARACHUTE!”

A wet compass is almost all I have as far as instruments go. I can't even see that when I have a passenger up front.