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Thanks for this

> From: "Royer, Doug" 
> In coastal pilotting these are known as Horizontal distance
> bearings.Pick 2
> or more terrestial objects.Turn the sextant on it's side and take the
> angles
> between the 2 or 3 objects by superimposing one of the objects over
> one of
> the remaining objects.Dip is not a consideration in taking Horizontal
> angles. Write the angles down and go to the chart.With dividers find
> the
> distances between each of the objects.
So far so good
> Your position will be tangental to the
> distance between the objects.
Hmm. Looked up 'tangent' in the dictionary which says 'touching esp. of
a straight line in relation to a curve' which is all a bit baffling.

Calculate the distance off, using dividers from
> each point draw in the radius and where the lines intersect is your
> position.
>

Just to see if I've got this (un)clear.  We end up with part of the
circumference of a circle, the circular LOP, which runs through the 2
objects?

   

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