[QUOTE=c.captain;96990]what about lookouts MAN?..WHAT ABOUT GODDAMNED LOOKOUTS![/QUOTE]
How many times have you made a navigation error as large as 8 miles or encountered a chart with an 8 mile error? Probably never. How many times have the lookouts seen clouds and reported land or buoys and reported ships etc etc. Many many times.
We’d all like to believe that if our lookouts reported white caps when the chart showed 1000 meters we’d think ah ha! A geo-rectifying error on my chart!
How many of us are now going to put an AB on the bow swinging the lead in case there is an error in the chart? None of us.
I’m not saying no error was made. I saying I can see how this error might be very difficult for the bridge team to detect and take the proper action.
K.C.