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Re: Height of eye sinks ship
From: Byron Franklin
Date: 2013 Mar 26, 07:58 -0700
From: Byron Franklin
Date: 2013 Mar 26, 07:58 -0700
Byron: the height of your eye above sea/level is table 8 in Bowditch the formular is Distance to the horizon table 12 was table 8. The formular is roughtly Square root of you eye above the water times 1.1. Your eye say 16 feet above is to the horizon 4.4 miles.
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