Then -vs- now...

[Glenn]

Then...
Sextant
Chronometer
Barometer
-VS-
Now...

Chart-plotting Global Positioning Satellite receiver, depth/temperature gauge, VHS radio w/ weather channels, MPH/KPH gauge, all for a week or so's wages, on a little 17' boat...

How brave they had to have been back then...
How simple it is for us now...

[Art]

Hence, the classic descriptive phrase from the age of sail: "...of wooden ships and iron men."

[Debbie]

I wonder which would be harder to learn to use, though.

[Glenn]

Art, how long has your 'The Secret Ever Keeps' been out? Are you a member of http://www.thehulltruth.com/ ?

I ask because one of the members there, a while back, was posting pages of a story he was writing about prohibition-era rum-runners...

[Debbie]

Freeze no weevil!

[Monissa, Deck Hand]

Barrels & Casks
vs
Fridges & Freezers

Nothing
vs
Safety Harnesses (and Life Jackets)

Signals
vs
Radio

I'd throw in motors & electric generators if I could think of good comparisons

[Debbie]

They didn't have absolutely nothing...if it got very stormy, they slung lifelines :).

[Debbie]

Hmmm...how about:

Then: men rowing in boats

Now: motors

[Debbie]

oh, sorry, Scotty already said that! oops