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From: David C
Date: 2024 Jul 27, 13:30 -0700
These gentlemen dissappeared while attempting to cross the Tasman from Australia to NZ in 1928. I doubt that many people in NZ have heard of them. Although I knew of them I had to use Mr Google to find their names.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moncrieff_and_Hood_disappearance
Navigation appeared to be a parallel sailing on a rumbline. They had a much bigger target than Howland Island, Norfolk Island or Lord Howe Island. After landfall they intended to proceed to Trentham Racecourse which is ten minutes drive from where I live, Nearby is the suburb of Pinehaven which is where Chichester had a logging business. There is a street named after him.
In old text books "sailings" are important. Today with computers I suspect that many/most/all navigators have never heard of them. Sailings are irrelevant (IMHO) given that you can enter a lat/long pair or even two geographical locations into a compurter and get the distance and course. And traverse tables serve no purpose today.
David C
