On Sun, 20 Dec 2015 02:25:09 +0100, "Jakob Krieger"
wrote:

- John B. / Tue, 15 Dec 2015 11:49:53 +0100

Of course with plastic ropes and fixtures,
you don't need a knot any more for many things.

But for rescuing »man overboard« or joinig ropes
for more length, classical knots are still used.

What ropes would that be? The main halyard? About 80% wire rope? The
main sheet? Wire again, or the jib sheet... wire once again.

Well, it used to be considered as a good precaution to
have a roll of rope lying somewhere in the boat.
Even in cars, towing-ropes can be found.


May be except for GPS sailors, they don't know
what a knot or even a rope is.

Sort of snarky remark isn't it? After all big ships navigate with GPS,
airplanes navigate with GPS. It has been quite a number of years now
since anything commercial used the stars.

Nobody with a little bit of experience (bike or car drivers
included) relies on GPS only.


I see. Do you really think that the 1st officer on, say the Emma
Maersk" is out on the bridge wing every day taking his noon sight? Or
that a B-52 comes equipped with a sextant? Or that any modern
commercial or military vehicle comes with a copy of the six H.O.
tables?

The U.S. navel Academy stopped teaching celestial navigation nearly 20
years ago stating that while celestial was accurate to a 3 mile radius
that GPS was accurate to a 60 ft. radius.


The snarky remark was meant about people who have
no orientation at all without GPS (can't even find
their own bathroom)



jk
--
cheers,

John B.