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Navigation-L Survey
From: Dan Hogan
Date: 2001 Jun 08, 10:59 PM
From: Dan Hogan
Date: 2001 Jun 08, 10:59 PM
OK. One more time. PLEASE respond to the survey. Even if you are just getting
started.
Post replies to the list primarily. I will summarize and post the results.
Be aware that most of the better celestial navigation books were written
before 1980. So still list yours.
Navigation-l subscribers listed 182. The response to the survey has been 10!.
Results will be posted June 13.
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Navigation-L Survey
a) Dead Reckoning
What is the method used most?
Mid-Latitude-----:
Mercator Sailing-:
Rhumb Line-------:
Other(Name?)-----:
b) Sight Reduction
Which is your primary Sight reduction method?
Computer Program(Name?)--------:
Calculator(Name?)--------------:
Short Navigation Tables,
H.O. 211 etc.(Name?)-------:
Standard Navigation Tables,
229, 214 etc.(Name?)-------:
Other(Name?)-------------------:
c) Plotting
How do you do your plotting?
Computer Program(Name?)---:
Universal Plotting Sheets-:
Manoeuvring Board---------:
Radar Plotting Sheets-----:
Home Made(Describe)-------:
d) Navigation Manuals
Name your main reference manual:
Bowditch 1995 Ed.------------------:
Bowditch (pre-1995)----------------:
Mixter (Primer of Navigation)------:
Chapman's--------------------------:
Celestial Navigation for Yachtsman-:
Shute----------------------------------:
Shirk----------------------------------:
Porter---------------------------------:
Hemenway-------------------------------:
Name a manual/book that helped you the most:
W.F. Buckley @ Airborne/Video----------:
Le Cours des Glenans-------------------:
Bowditch-1995--------------------------:
Practical Celestial Navigation(HO 229)-:
Self-Contained Celestial Navigation----:
Mariner's Celestial Navigation---------:
Navigation Afloat----------------------:
Cruising Under Sail (E. Hiscock)-------:
Shute----------------------------------:
Shirk----------------------------------:
Porter---------------------------------:
Hemenway-------------------------------:
Mixter---------------------------------:
e) Do you use the Nautical Almanac?
Commercial-----------:
USNO-----------------:
Self-design Software-:
Computer-------------:
USNO Web Site--------:
Dan Hogan
dhhogan@verionmail.com
