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Re: Precomputed LOP for sailboat landfall
From: Gary LaPook
Date: 2009 Feb 22, 12:19 -0800
From: Gary LaPook
Date: 2009 Feb 22, 12:19 -0800
Go to my website at: http://www.geocities.com/fredienoonan/landfall.html for a complete explanatin of landfall proceedures. gl NOB158user wrote: > Would somebody please help me with better understanding of method of > landfall by using precomputed LOP. I was reading about using this > method for sailboat landfall in John Karl�s book "Celestial Navigation > in the GPS age" (published by Paradise Cay, 2007). I would like to > discuss the Figure 10.5b (page 140) where I think the mistake was > made. Specifically, it is not clear how Hc of 75 and 81 degrees for > LOP 2300 UT resulted in 6 nm intersept. Can somebody clarify it? > Thanks > NOB158 > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Navigation List archive: www.fer3.com/arc To post, email NavList@fer3.com To , email NavList-@fer3.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---