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Re: Celestial Navigation on the Great Lakes Question
From: Bill B
Date: 2013 Dec 02, 20:45 -0500
From: Bill B
Date: 2013 Dec 02, 20:45 -0500
On 12/1/2013 3:55 PM, Frank Reed wrote: > You take bearings off lights, towers on shore, and other coastal features. I've enjoyed trying to work my way down a shore using the Light List on Lake Michigan. Where there are many harbors in areas like the south west shore, there are so many lights it is a non-trivial task. Of course Chicago serves as a reference point visible for almost 50 miles from a sailboat if the weather permits. On Lake Superior however, one can go for hours in a sailboat at night without seeing any lights at all--except for those on the boat.
