1973 Boating Magazine Tsunami/Sceptre Article

[Snookerd]

Bushwacker shared this with me back in 2012....enjoy

Link:

https://1drv.ms/b/s!Au26CUSd695_gcJl0VVLWd_sN7Y2hw

[DonV]

Ya know Snookerd that Aqua Scope 75 for $289 looks pretty BA!!! Needless to say marine electronics have come a long way!! I wonder what the Aqua Scope GPS unit costs back in those days?? Say what?? They did not have GPS back then, oh sorry!

[Snookerd]

Heck of a deal Don! Lol.

[kmoose]

Originally Posted by DonV

Ya know Snookerd that Aqua Scope 75 for $289 looks pretty BA!!! Needless to say marine electronics have come a long way!! I wonder what the Aqua Scope GPS unit costs back in those days?? Say what?? They did not have GPS back then, oh sorry!

I remember when loran A was a miracle for those that could afford it. And it only gave you the last 2 digits of each chain.

[Caymanboy]

Scuse my ignorance, but is the difference between the two, I/O and outboard?

[Snookerd]

Yes

[DonV]

Yeah Ken, I had a King Loran and I thought it was a bad as it gets!! Shoot, you could actually navigate back to an area the size of a hockey rink over and over again!!

[kmoose]

Originally Posted by DonV

Yeah Ken, I had a King Loran and I thought it was a bad as it gets!! Shoot, you could actually navigate back to an area the size of a hockey rink over and over again!!

Back then you still had to know how to navigate to operate a vessel offshore. Now I don't know why most boats have a compass other than for show. I seriously doubt 80% of boaters venturing out of sight of land could find there way back to port if their gps took a dump....

[DonV]

Originally Posted by kmoose

Back then you still had to know how to navigate to operate a vessel offshore. Now I don't know why most boats have a compass other than for show. I seriously doubt 80% of boaters venturing out of sight of land could find there way back to port if their gps took a dump....

How sad.....but true. It's the 180 degrees difference for the outbound that route that kills them.

[gofastsandman]

Originally Posted by kmoose

Back then you still had to know how to navigate to operate a vessel offshore. Now I don't know why most boats have a compass other than for show. I seriously doubt 80% of boaters venturing out of sight of land could find there way back to port if their gps took a dump....

I always use my compass. Just because I enjoy the challenge and some day it might save
my bacon. I also watch on other`s boats.