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From: Gary LaPook
Date: 2017 Feb 2, 09:36 -0800
I have been studying my little book over the past couple of months and making comprehensive notes, almost written another book!. Yesterday I sketched a plotting sheet and plotted my assumed position, azimuth, intercept and a LOP. Therefore theoretically completed every step. I conclude, looking at each step individually there is nothing too complex even for me to understand, however the steps required just go on and on and that is to complete just a single LOP. How anyone can complete 6 or 7 LOP's and get the fix onto the plotting sheet while your still in the same hemisphere beats me. Good job I only sail at 4 or 5 knots.
Mike
It's easy, simply do it the way that flight navigators do it by doing the computations first and then taking the observations. See:
http://www.oceannavigator.com/May-June-2008/Celestial-up-in-the-air/
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