@sailing_songbird: Day 16 no gps— How I survive out here. Join me as I work out an entire celestial sight from step 1 through step 25! Now, there is a LOT I’m leaving out but in the process of learning all of this, I wish I had someone just do an entire calculation, even if a lot was getting left out just so I could see what the actual process was beginning to end.

Apollo Tiger :

People figured all this out without computers 😳

aaronhill538 :

Tyler Blair :

So explorers/navigators were essentially geniuses of their time? Or are we just all really lazy?

Steve J :

Plot twist, there is no Tom

troglodyte :

the sailor knows where he is by knowing where he isn't

TrekkieTheaterMom :

Well if the sea sickness didn't rule out this kind of adventure, the math sure does

mgiff10 :

Excel formula would go crazy

Stevie B :

By the time it took me to do this the boat would be washing up on a new continent

Rhonnetta Richard :

Wow! This really made me think about sailing. Dang that looks like it took some work. Great job sailor!! ⛵️♥️⚓️

the_mr_fart :

Now we know why satellite navigation was invented 😂. Super fascinating to see how important a navigator’s job is and how hard it was before satellites!

meghan🦋 :

Bro didn’t update for a few days… had me stressed 😳 thank goodness you’re alive!

Ronan🏝 :

“Celestial navigation is less about knowing where you are and more about knowing where you are not” 😂

Lorenzo :

Bro wasn’t skipping math class

HonzaReality.cz :

Dude singlehandedly proved the Earth is Round and the whole flat earth community cannot prove him wrong 💪

Charles :

Man we take technology for granted

Travis Hottinger :

This is like doing your taxes 5 times a day.

Beard-Friendly Bard :

in just 57 easy steps

user1284010562667 :

And reminder. 2 seconds error in time effects 10nm in location

Turtle Laviada :

did I understand anything he said? NO did I watch it all the way to the very end? SURE THE HELL DID

Dio :

the flat earthers sailing off the edge right about now 😆

user9321976915078 :

With my calculations, and my luck, we'd end up in North Sentinel.

StrifeGeist :

my love for sailing just died.

TheKingDad :

You draw a parallel line to your azimuth but you drew a perpendicular line.

🛟MasterMarinerDrew⚓️🇬🇾 :

hey budd.... great job there, I'm a merchant vessel Captain and former deck cadet over 20 years ago. I'm glad u r exposing this to ur viewers. They all tend to think seafarers r glorified driver on water😁😬 Also, do let them know that the errors and height of observation above sea level are all known factors and we don't usually hv to do the entire calculation every time.

bella🪩 :

see my attention span is fine