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Re: Station pointer London UK
From: Alexandre Eremenko
Date: 2012 Apr 4, 20:47 -0700
From: Alexandre Eremenko
Date: 2012 Apr 4, 20:47 -0700
For example, suppose your 3 objects are 5 miles away.
Then 1' on the station pointer will correspond to 9 feet
in your position.
So you can tell from your observation of these
3 objects, in which place on your boat you are:-)
If your map is good enough...
Alex.
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