20 Sailboats with SEXTANT, are you joining? Stella Oceani Astronomical Voyage
1 de octubre de 2019 · 29 min · 4K visitas · Madrid
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The Estela Oceani project organizes a fleet of sailboats to complete a passage from Cádiz to La Palma using only celestial navigation.1:00 Participants rely on sextants, nautical almanacs, paper charts, and chronometers to determine their position, intentionally ignoring GPS data during the transit.8:21 The initiative aims to provide practical experience for sailors seeking to master celestial navigation, a skill often neglected in modern yachting certifications that prioritize electronic systems like Navionics.28:33 Each participating vessel assigns specific roles: a navigator who performs the sextant calculations and dead reckoning, and a skipper who monitors the GPS solely to record the actual position for post-voyage accuracy comparisons.25:14 The fleet competes to see which crew achieves the most precise geographic positioning.8:03 Previous attempts encountered severe weather, including strong headwinds and heavy seas, which forced some vessels to abandon the passage.11:31 The organizers emphasize that while the project is a personal challenge, it serves as a rigorous training ground for those looking to gain confidence in traditional navigation methods.9:06
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