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Re: Heading [was] Re: Deviation plot
From: Trevor Kenchington
Date: 2002 Feb 5, 18:27 -0400
From: Trevor Kenchington
Date: 2002 Feb 5, 18:27 -0400
Jared wrote:
> Perhaps we should agree not to use the word "HEADING" in this forum.
> While Chapman defines it as the direction that the bow of the boat is
pointing in, conventional dictionaries define it as the direction the boat is
MOVING TOWARDS.
> Note that there are two equally valid but totally different definitions,
making this word useless without a specific context.
"Heading" has assorted meanings in general English but this is
NAVIGATION-L. In the jargon of navigation, has "heading" ever meant
anything other than "ship's head", the direction of the vessel's
centreline relative to north?
Trevor Kenchington
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