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Re: Boxing the Compass by Points
From: Brian Whatcott
Date: 2001 Nov 22, 6:02 PM
From: Brian Whatcott
Date: 2001 Nov 22, 6:02 PM
At 05:26 PM 11/22/01, you wrote: >I am not absolutely sure what your question is but as you will know a point >is 11 1/4 deg so the points are N, NbyE (or NxE), NNE, NExN, NE, NExE, ENE, >ExN, E and so on. > >NG Some compass cards have four divisions marked between each of these thirty two sub ordinal divisions. I am supposing that the helm could call out his heading to closer than 11 1/4 degrees by spelling out the subdivision markings, each of which represents about 3 degrees difference. Brian Whatcott Altus OK Eureka!
