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    Re: Nautical Almanac Question
    From: Greg R_
    Date: 2006 May 31, 15:33 -0500

    Robert wrote:

    > I went out to my boat (it is still sitting
    > high and dry beside my house)

    Do you get better gas mileage on land than on water? Just curious....  ;-)

    > Lest you feel foolish for missing it, I sifted through some previous
    > almanacs and noted that I had written "equation of time" on the margin of
    > the appropriate section which tells me that I had a hard time finding it
    > myself!

    Thanks - if the experts on these lists missed it too I feel like I'm in good
    company...  ;-)

    --
    GregR


    ----- Original Message -----
    From: "Robert Eno" <enoid@northwestel.net>
    To: <NavList@fer3.com>
    Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2006 12:41 PM
    Subject: [NavList 354] Re: Nautical Almac Question


    >
    > Greg,
    >
    > Further to my previous reply, I went out to my boat (it is still sitting
    > high and dry beside my house) and checked my commercial NA. Information
    can
    > be found on the same page, same section as the Government version.
    >
    > Lest you feel foolish for missing it, I sifted through some previous
    > almanacs and noted that I had written "equation of time" on the margin of
    > the appropriate section which tells me that I had a hard time finding it
    > myself!
    >
    > Robert
    > ----- Original Message -----
    > From: "Greg R." <gregr_ingest@yahoo.com>
    > To: "Navigation Mailing List" <NAVIGATION-L@LISTSERV.WEBKAHUNA.COM>;
    > "NavList" <NavList@fer3.com>
    > Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2006 2:53 PM
    > Subject: [NavList 351] Nautical Almac Question
    >
    >
    > >
    > > Can anyone tell me why some of the "Eqn. of Time" entries in the
    Nautical
    > > Almanac are shaded and some are not? (A good example is the page for
    June
    > > 12, 13 and 14 where there's an example of both).  I'm guessing that's
    > > related to the Equation of Time reversing sign (maybe the shaded entries
    > > are
    > > negative?), since the values seem to be decreasing up to June 13 and
    then
    > > increasing).
    > >
    > > My copy (2006 Commercial Edition) doesn't seem to have any info on
    that -
    > > seems like the government version used to have a much more in-depth
    > > explanation section on just about everything in the body of the Almanac,
    > > but
    > > it's been years since I've seen a copy so I could be remembering wrong
    on
    > > that.
    > >
    > > --
    > > Thanks,
    > > GregR
    > >
    > >
    > >
    > > >
    >
    >
    > >
    >



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