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Re:Show HN: Aviation Navigation Log on $20 Receipt Printer by aledalgrande on Saturday August 19, 2023 @03:05PM (#37192009)
Reminds me of my (pretty recent) sailing course :) I went on a few short sailing trips after and other people on the boat only trained on the boat we were on, which was much fancier than the one I first had to deal with. The original one had:

- tiller instead of wheel (my brain could not)

- no bathroom (bucket available)

- no furling foresail (got to change to a storm jib in strong winds)

- no auto locking winch

- no auto pilot

- no depth sensor

- no gps/screen

- no fuel gauge

- no clutches (only a couple of jam cleats that didn't work really well)

- retractable engine (so we had to lower it/pull it up manually, was fun to use it to stabilize the boat a bit when winds were strong)

Boat was also a bit smaller 31' vs 34'. I'd still take my course on that boat if I had to redo it, it was a deeper learning experience.

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