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Currently I own a 8m steel, long-keeled sloop, built 1947 +/- 1, in
Schiedam, NL. I wonder where they got the steel after the war. She had two
sisters but I don't know if they are still floating around. She's been to
Greenland and Venezuela, but with me only to the Canaries. Navigation has
my very warm interest; I have worked sights using a Dutch variant of the
Ageton method in mid-ocean, quite neat. I've used a sextant in combination
with radar distances to calculate gletcher front heights in Spitsbergen
(just for fun, no research). I've tried my luck at lunar distances, but
actually I've now moved away from that subject, altough I still enjoy the
discussions on the list. Nowadays I rely more on coastal navigation and
GPS; and if ever I take a sight I work it by the 'Japanese method'. With a
crew of 2 (including me) on a busy North Sea I cut down on all activities
that are not absolutely necessary.

Cheers,

Steven.

   

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