Sixty years ago, most yachtsmen used a chart, a compass, a sextant, a nautical almanac, calipers, parallel rulers, a sharp pencil and a watch or chronometer to safely cross the water. They’d also need to bring some significant celestial navigation and/or dead-reckoning skills to the table.
How has navigating changed since Soundings was founded six decades ago? Three inventions, the transistor (1947), the satellite (1957) and the integrated circuit or microchip (1958) would combine to suddenly accelerate the development of marine electronics and innovation.
This timeline shows just some of the inventions, events and devices that changed how
