The Route Home
How did mariners ever find their way anywhere with paper charts, compasses and sextants?
Today's electronic chart plotters simplify navigation so that the crew can focus on other matters. However, except when the ship was on the open ocean, the MV Monte Rosa's steering system was not linked to the chart plotter. As in days of yore, the officer on the bridge would call out course changes to the helmsman, who would confirm them.
As I recall, in the end we actually stayed closer to the coast of South America because we had a very favorable stern current.
The Route Home
How did mariners ever find their way anywhere with paper charts, compasses and sextants?
Today's electronic chart plotters simplify navigation so that the crew can focus on other matters. However, except when the ship was on the open ocean, the MV Monte Rosa's steering system was not linked to the chart plotter. As in days of yore, the officer on the bridge would call out course changes to the helmsman, who would confirm them.
As I recall, in the end we actually stayed closer to the coast of South America because we had a very favorable stern current.