@neauoire you better change your watch, you might be late for a conference call
@avi jokes aside, for anyone else reading who is not familiar with sailing, having accurate time is useful to coordinate with the tide in tight passages where we can only transit during slack.
@neauoire @avi do you do any celestial navigation?
@flyingsaceur @avi I know how to take noon sight, but we're engulfed in pea thick fog from morning to evening so we don't.
@neauoire @avi what would you use? The recent geomagnetic storm reminded me of a long forgotten desire to learn to use a sextant
@flyingsaceur @avi GPS
@avi jokes aside, for anyone else reading who is not familiar with sailing, having accurate time is useful to coordinate with the tide in tight passages where we can only transit during slack.