And the fog lifted

[Jumptrout51]

Spent Saturday at Shell Point with some friends of ours.
They have a nice place on one of the canals.
They have an even nicer 22' Century Bay boat.
Sitting in the living room watching the thick then thicker fog roll in off the bay,we were talking GPS. Floyd wasn't sure if it should be trusted or not for navigation.
I told him there is only one way to find out.
Get the boat off the lift and lets go.
As we rounded the point at the SP channel we immediately had to rely on the GPS. You could not see the houses on the beach from 50' away. We zoomed in on the scale to pick up the BlueChart channel markers. We ran these down SP beach to the Oyster Bay channel, then out on the flats towards Piney Island. When we got near Smith Island the fog lifted briefly to expose 8 boats fishing the Smith Island bars.
We took advantage of this clearing to show Floyd a couple redfish holes to mark on his GPS. No sooner were they marked the fog re-established itself.
The GPS TEST: We then turned and went offshore to the end of the Long Bar a couple miles south of Piney Island. From there we used the map and cursor to locate the SP tripod and hit Nav/Enter. When we passed the tripod it was 20' to starboard.
That is when Floyd decided he could trust his GPS.

[Capt_J]

The first time using GPS in 'questionable' conditions is most always a 'leap of faith'. Keeping my fingers crossed, to date, quality electronics have never led me astray. I remember a discussion some months back, trying to convince a first-timer that the satellites don't lie(at least I don't think they do); just use good old common sense and let technology help you. Nice job Jumptrout.

[Reel Cowboy]

It's always nice to "know" it works. Sounds like a trip with my BIL in the dark, scarry for a bit until we loaded onto the trailer.