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Re: Newbie - Variation Question
From: Pierre Boucher
Date: 2002 Feb 12, 00:36 -0500
From: Pierre Boucher
Date: 2002 Feb 12, 00:36 -0500
>Thanks for the reply but I am still a little confused. Even if the French >way is to add the negative easterly variation, shouldn't the resultant >magnetic heading be the same as the non French way? YES! If it does not, you GPS has a software problem. And update is shurely available on the web site of the manufacturer. I am curious as to what brand and model is this GPS? Pierre Boucher ************************************************************************** X XX X Pierre Boucher N XXX XX formation en navigation de plaisance XXXX XXX Ste-Therese (Quebec) Canada XXXXX XXX XXXXXX XXX la "VOILE"... le reste n'est que du vent... XXXXXXXXXXXXXX ''Sail, Sail !''... the rest is only wind XXXXXXXXXXXX XXXX EMAIL: pboucher@lavoile.com XXX "http://www.lavoile.com" **************************************************************************