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Frank Reed claims to write with more authority, about Joshua Slocum, than
Slocum's own son does.

I wrote -
"Indeed, it's so tricky to observe useful lunars from the unstable deck of a
small craft, that it calls for sea conditions that are so infrequent as to
make the method impractical, most of the time. "

Frank replied-
"Says WHO?? Several years ago, I posted logbook evidence from a couple of
small schooners where lunars were used successfully in the early 19th
century. It took no great searchng to find such examples."

Says me. Such evidence does not invalidate those words, if Frank will read
them again. How big were those "small schooners", compared with "Spray",
anyway? As I said, I know of only one successful small-boat lunar
observation that a listmember has made in ocean conditions, compared with
the many land observations that have been reported here. Neither I nor (as
far as I know) Frank has ever even attempted it. Perhaps he will tell us
about the sea-experience that he relies on, to allow us to decide whether to
take such pronouncements seriously..

George.

contact George Huxtable, at  george@hux.me.uk
or at +44 1865 820222 (from UK, 01865 820222)
or at 1 Sandy Lane, Southmoor, Abingdon, Oxon OX13 5HX, UK.


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