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Leg 57 Ans.
From: Millard Kirk
Date: 1999 Aug 06, 10:39 AM
From: Millard Kirk
Date: 1999 Aug 06, 10:39 AM
1) What is the DR position at the time of the first sight?
Ans. 53 28.4 S 75 13.7'W
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2) What is the FIX position?
Ans. 54d 04.7' S 74d 55.2' W Using all shots
54d 23.4' S 76d 01.1' W Throwing out Moon and Peacock
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3) What was the Speed Made Good(SMG) between fixes?
Ans. 11.3 nm
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Var 19dE, Dev 2.5dW. Speed 10.3Kts, Current 0.8 Kts, Set 115.0d.
4) What is the Zone Time(ZT) and Date Expected Time of Arrival(ETA)
to abeam of Cape Horn?
Ans. ZT 2118 hrs 25/03/1999 Using 11.3 SMG
or ZT 2348 hrs 25/03/1999 Using 10.3 Log
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5) What is the distance to Cape Horn from our FIX?
Ans. 289.8 nm
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6) What is the Compass Course(CC)/Course-to-Steer for Cape Horn?
Ans. CC 97.9d TC 114.3d
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7) What is the TC and distance to the decision waypoint?
Ans. TC 76.7d Dist RL 147.6 nm
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8) What is the Compass course(CC)/Course-to-Steer to the waypoint?
Ans. 64.7d
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