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Re: LORAN over board
From: Brad Morris
Date: 2019 Aug 20, 15:49 -0400
From: Brad Morris
Date: 2019 Aug 20, 15:49 -0400
I was on a roll now, “But my Cassens and Plath sextant always works, it measures precisely to a 0.1 of a nautical mile, and it never fails me.”
Err, no. The graduations on your micrometer drum are to 0.1'. That's the resolution, not the absolute measure of precision or accuracy.
On Tue, Aug 20, 2019, 3:33 PM John Carbone <NoReply_Carbone@fer3.com> wrote:
Interesting post by Michal Carr a retired CW4 from G Captain who threw the ship’s Loran over the side to show his crew had to rely on celestial navigation.https://gcaptain.com/carr-loran-overboard/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Gcaptain+%28gCaptain.com%29&goal=0_f50174ef03-74bf03fd1e-139834045&mc_cid=74bf03fd1e&mc_eid=6d4dd68396“Civility is manifested not only in what we do, but in what we choose not to do.” John M. Carbone
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