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George, I will certainly put the long form of my abbreviations in the post.  I will also start to number them.  Most of my abbreviations are in the US tradition and should be found in Bowditch if I slip.

 

Unfortunately for all of us, this is my first encounter with both the yacht folks and international people in the realm of Celestial Navigation.  I think that it may take some time before I become fluent in the slightly different jargon.  It reminds me of when I was unloading in Southampton, UK and this longshoreman was telling me a joke and I couldn't for the life of me understand what he was talking about because of his slang.

 

I will endeavor to be more clear in my examples.

 

Jeremy

 

I have a request for Jeremy, about his abbreviations. To me, having been
raised under a somewhat different tradition (in which it's always
astro-nav., never celestial) using different texts, the abbreviations Jeremy
uses, standard to him no doubt, are sometimes a puzzle. I can usually work
out what they mean, but it would be helpful if, at least the first time that
a quantity is referred to, it gets spelled out in full.

Also, if Jeremy gives each exercise a sequential number, it would help when
they are archived, as I hope will happen.

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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