#navigation skills

Is traditional celestial navigation still relevant in 2026?

Should basic navigation skills be sacrificed for fancy, expensive electronics that do all the thinking for you?

Should marine electronics outrank traditional seamanship skills for the average weekend cruiser?

Are AI autopilots making traditional navigation skills obsolete for cruisers?

Is GPS making dead reckoning and celestial navigation irrelevant for serious sailors—or just lazy?

Are modern sailing instruments making us worse sailors than a 1970s cruisers with just a compass?