August 25, 2007 07:36
Fair enough.
However, I have some recent Admiralty Sailing Directions and the Cruising Association Handbook which both use cables.
We were talking about Europe here, not the Caribbean.
Any coastguard, for example, around here would know what you meant by cables. It is after all just decimal miles.
I wouldn't have thought it was such a difficult thing to do, to have the option of decimal miles. In fact, from a programming angle, it's easier than yards or metres.
Yes, some of this is due to the change from paper to electronic.
However, I really do hope everyone still carries paper charts as well!
And uses them.
Ron
PS, I've still got some old charts marked in fathoms for depth.
Still valid as the land hasn't moved.
However, I have some recent Admiralty Sailing Directions and the Cruising Association Handbook which both use cables.
We were talking about Europe here, not the Caribbean.
Any coastguard, for example, around here would know what you meant by cables. It is after all just decimal miles.
I wouldn't have thought it was such a difficult thing to do, to have the option of decimal miles. In fact, from a programming angle, it's easier than yards or metres.
Yes, some of this is due to the change from paper to electronic.
However, I really do hope everyone still carries paper charts as well!
And uses them.
Ron
PS, I've still got some old charts marked in fathoms for depth.
Still valid as the land hasn't moved.