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Navy Navigation Regulation Manual
From: Joe Schultz
Date: 2009 Dec 4, 06:34 -0800
From: Joe Schultz
Date: 2009 Dec 4, 06:34 -0800
Yes, Master Chief, keep 'em coming. Not that everything is practical or practiced, but this stuff can be excellent learning aids for any mariner. Now I have a question, regarding COMNAVSURFORINST 3530.4A paragraph 4, which relaxes the visual fix interval when using GPS as primary. Is there a rule stating how fast the GPS should be logging or resetting the inertial in various waters? I'm thinking of the modern Voyage Management System (VMS) using GPS/inertial as primary. Civilian aviation has very specific rules as to how fast the GPS needs to reset the inertial, and the pilots here can chime in as to what their rules are. My time was paper plots and sound powered phones to the bearing takers. I wonder how many know "primary" plot was in CIC unless inside the sea buoy or with a working pilot? Makes sense when you consider that the ship is fought from CIC. We didn't waste training time on my ships. QM training included the OS's who did the CIC plot. The OS's were generally faster at plotting than the QM's - fewer distractions in the air-conditioned cave. Joe -- NavList message boards: www.fer3.com/arc Or post by email to: NavList@fer3.com To , email NavList+@fer3.com
