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Old 14 December 2017, 16:25   #41
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...my first GPS set cost £1600 and all it gave you was your position, you had to work out in your head which way to steer to hit the mark.
I delivered a Magellan 2000 to a Sinai diveboat in 1991. We used it to locate the Thistlegorm. It was treated like the crown jewels/holy grail.
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I delivered a Magellan 2000 to a Sinai diveboat in 1991. We used it to locate the Thistlegorm. It was treated like the crown jewels/holy grail.


I dived the Thistlegorm in '94 off a live aboard from Sharm. I dived it again in 2007, I didn't recognise it☹️
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