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> I have plenty of star fixes in the old navigational notebook.  The
> next few, following these comments, will have somewhat vague DR
> positions and I will only give the GPS fix at solution time.

Excellent - the only thing I'd request is what I mentioned in the
earlier reply to George that the solution be marked somehow to
distinguish it from what just might be
replies/comments/suggestions/etc. from you regarding that particular
problem.

> This will give it a more traditional flavor.

I vote for Smoked Hickory.  :-)

> That will be it until October however, since I am leaving the ship
> in less then 2 weeks.

Permanently, or just rotating to a shore-based assignment?

--
GregR



--- Anabasis75@aol.com wrote:

> I have plenty of star fixes in the old navigational notebook.  The
> next few,
> following these comments, will have somewhat vague DR positions and I
>  will
> only give the GPS fix at solution time.  This will give it a more
> traditional
> flavor.
>
> I will try to get a few more next week when I go out to sea if the
> weather
> cooperates.  That will be it until October however, since I am
> leaving the
> ship in less then 2 weeks.
>
> Jeremy
>
>
> In a message dated 6/7/2008 6:18:42 A.M. West Pacific Standard Time,
>
> george@huxtable.u-net.com writes:
>
>
> GregR wrote-
>
> And..... not to nit-pick what seems to be our  preferred methodology
> for
> solving these, but if we're all just going to use  our favorite
> navigation computer programs (and I realize that computers are  the
> norm
> for doing navigation these days, even I do that), what are we  really
> exercising other than our data entry skills (and maybe a chance to
> see
> how the various celnav programs compare with each other)?
>
> I'd  like to request that at least a few of these be solved by the
> "old
> school"  method (i.e. only an almanac, sight reduction tables,
> plotting
> sheets (and  the usual navigation drawing tools), but no
> computers/calculators other  than maybe to check our work). I think
> that's more a measure of celnav  skills than just plugging a bunch of
> numbers into a computer program and  hitting "Calculate".
>
> ================
>
> And I agree with him. It  would be interesting to see a mix of
> results,
> obtained by various  methods.
>
> And I would suggest another way to add interest and test us a  bit
> harder.
> Jeremy bases his problems on a real-life situation (and I  REALLY
> appreciate
> that!) but that means that he can start off with a  precise GPS
> position and
> then we check whether the celestial observations  agree with it. But
> what
> about dithering that GPS position, giving it only  to the nearest
> degree or
> two, or more (and saying so), like a very bad  case of "selective
> availability"? Then, it would become a more real test,  in first
> having to
> choose an appropriate AP (assumed position), just as  one might have
> to do at
> sea, from a DR position, if "all else  failed".
>
> George.
>
> contact George Huxtable at  george@huxtable.u-net.com
> or at +44 1865 820222 (from UK, 01865  820222)
> or at 1 Sandy Lane, Southmoor, Abingdon, Oxon OX13 5HX, UK.
>
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