tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-724749504995792010.post7923992820195742790..comments2023-06-16T13:16:40.618+02:00Comments on Noodles logbook: Team Vestas groundedNoodlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07829600344187451258noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-724749504995792010.post-49643709524062899832014-12-01T08:05:29.374+01:002014-12-01T08:05:29.374+01:00So the electronic charts are supposedly incorrect?...So the electronic charts are supposedly incorrect? That would save the navigators behind. How about the lookout? I mean, it should be a visible island. There would be breakers. How about the track shown on the VO website? They are steering right at the island for an hour or more. Somewhere someone must have seen this coming. Why didn't they give the guys a call? Noodlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07829600344187451258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-724749504995792010.post-9606997823294523892014-12-01T04:38:31.608+01:002014-12-01T04:38:31.608+01:00Reading the comments of the other navigators, this...Reading the comments of the other navigators, this is exactly how the islet/shoal appears on their navigation software. Combine that with crossing the area at night... Ian Walker said that they had the luck of crossing that area during the day, and could see (looking out from the boat) the shoals before hitting them and steer away. Apparently Team Vestas got there just after sunset, and had to rely on the navigation aides.<br />Jim Garnerhttp://www.garnergaggle.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-724749504995792010.post-84487999853748633612014-11-30T15:30:37.415+01:002014-11-30T15:30:37.415+01:00Good question. Maybe they were using chart plotter...Good question. Maybe they were using chart plotter zoomed out so much that this "detail" was not displayed. I've seen similar things elsewhere, e.g. there's a tiny, tiny island just north of Iceland that doesn't get displayed unless you zoom in which we did and so spotted it when sailing nearby but nearly didn't.JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09475536270807856327noreply@blogger.com