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On Fri, 8 Jun 2001 21:59:02 -0700, Dan Hogan wrote:

>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.
>
>******************************************
>Navigation-L Survey
>
>a) Dead Reckoning
>
>        What is the method used most?
>
>    Mid-Latitude-----:
>    Mercator Sailing-:
>    Rhumb Line-------:X
>    Other(Name?)-----:
>
>
>b) Sight Reduction
>
>        Which is your primary Sight reduction method?
>
>    Computer Program(Name?)--------:Spreadsheet with almanac algorithm, 
programmed one sight to a row, so running fixes are almost automatic. My wife 
did this originally in Lotus 123 in 1988. Works with any spreadsheet.
>    Calculator(Name?)--------------:originally used TI 59 with navigation 
cartridge, back in 1970s. The book that came with the nav cartridge explained 
clearly what every routine did.
>    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---------:XX
>    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-------------------------------:
>
Dutton

>    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-----------------:X
>        Self-design Software-:X
>        Computer-------------:any laptop PC
>        USNO Web Site--------:
>
>
>
>Dan Hogan
>dhhogan@verionmail.com




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