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Navigation-L Survey

a) Dead Reckoning

        What is the method used most?
    Mid-Latitude-----:
    Mercator Sailing-:
    Rhumb Line-------: pencil & parallel rules
    Other(Name?)-----:

b) Sight Reduction

        Which is your primary Sight reduction method?
    Computer Program(Name?)--------:
    Calculator(Name?)--------------:
    Short Navigation Tables,
        H.O. 211 etc.(Name?)-------:
    Standard Navigation Tables,
        229, 214 etc.(Name?)-------: HO229
    Other(Name?)-------------------: Nautical Almanac

c) Plotting

        How do you do your plotting?
    Computer Program(Name?)---:
    Universal Plotting Sheets-: Davis 8.5x11
    Maneuvering Board----------:
    Radar Plotting Sheets-----:
    Home Made(Describe)-------:

d) Navigation Manuals

    Name your main reference manual-: Bowditch 1975/77


    Name a manual/book that helped you the most-:
        The first class I took used Dutton's _Navigation and Nautical
        Astronomy_, which was quite dry and a little technical for a
        casual student. At my father's suggestion (from his Navy days)
        I tried his copy of Mixter's _Primer of Navigation_ which was
        a much better starting point. That got the basics under my
        belt using the HO211 (Ageton) tables. From there I was able
        to re-approach Dutton and HO229 with better understanding,
        and then move on to Bowditch.

e) Do you use the Nautical Almanac?
        Commercial-: cheaper and lies flatter
        USNO-------:

 -- Peter Smith

   

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