Which risk increases when a mariner relies excessively on sextants?

💡 Explanation

Systematic errors arise from the instrument inaccuracy due to reliance on a single instrument for navigation, thus instrument miscalibration accumulates unnoticed because celestial navigation uses repeated sightings rather than dead reckoning. Therefore, inaccuracies escalate, rather than other shipboard factors manifesting immediately.

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