I will not be satisfied with a tall ship, and a star to steer her by.
I will insist on a proper corrected compass, echo sounder, and GPS !

45 fathoms, and a white sandy bottom will not fix my position - I'll want a tide corrected "ping", three radio bearings with a good cut, and a full weather synopsis before squaring the main yard. This will enable me to give the Dodman, Rame Head, Portland, The Wight, and the Owers good clearence. I will fix again before attempting to mix it with the ferries between Beachy, Dungeness and the South Foreland. A definitely working echo sounder before going inside of the Goodwins to the North Forland via the Gull Passage and most certainly not trust upon wearing ship and a visual on the Light, 'Cos the North Foreland Light aint there any more.

And without a pilot I will not take a square rigger past the Longnose, inside Margate Hook, and across the Copras, Whitstable Street, and 4 Fathoms Channel to the Nore.

Gareth