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Re: Navigation Survey
From: Yves Arrouye
Date: 2001 May 25, 4:15 PM
From: Yves Arrouye
Date: 2001 May 25, 4:15 PM
> a) Dead Reckoning > > What is the method used most? > Mid-Latitude-----: X > Mercator Sailing-: > Rhumb Line-------: > Other(Name?)-----: > > b) Sight Reduction > > Which is your primary Sight reduction method? > Computer Program(Name?)--------: (No name yet, I am writing it as we speak.) > Calculator(Name?)--------------: > Short Navigation Tables, > H.O. 211 etc.(Name?)-------: > Standard Navigation Tables, > 229, 214 etc.(Name?)-------: 2nd method > Other(Name?)-------------------: > > c) Plotting > > How do you do your plotting? > Computer Program(Name?)---: > Universal Plotting Sheets-: X > Maneuvering Board----------: > Radar Plotting Sheets-----: > Home Made(Describe)-------: > > d) Navigation Manuals > > Name your main reference manual-: The American Practical Navigator, 1995 > > > Name a manual/book that helped you the most-: Le Cours des Glenans Practical Celestial Navigation (for learning HO 229) > > e) Do you use the Nautical Almanac? > Commercial-: X > USNO-------: