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Re: Navigation-L Survey
From: Glendon
Date: 2001 Jun 11, 10:47 PM
From: Glendon
Date: 2001 Jun 11, 10:47 PM
Let me preface my response by saying that I am a beginner at all this. I purchased a couple of sextants recently and am just starting to learn the techniques. I have a general interest in astronav and its history, as well as an intention to put it to future use in a sailboat. Lee Martin > ****************************************** > Navigation-L Survey > > a) Dead Reckoning > > What is the method used most? > > Mid-Latitude-----:Yes, to the extent that I have played around with theoretical problems > Mercator Sailing-: > Rhumb Line-------: > Other(Name?)-----: > > > b) Sight Reduction > > Which is your primary Sight reduction method? > > Computer Program(Name?)--------:Navigator Lite > Calculator(Name?)--------------:Looking at HP-48G+ or GX > Short Navigation Tables, > H.O. 211 etc.(Name?)-------: > Standard Navigation Tables, > 229, 214 etc.(Name?)-------: > Other(Name?)-------------------: > > c) Plotting > > How do you do your plotting? > > Computer Program(Name?)---:Own > Universal Plotting Sheets-:yes, produced using Graph Paper Printer (really handy piece of software!) > Manoeuvring Board---------:USN, as well as above > Radar Plotting Sheets-----: > Home Made(Describe)-------: > > d) Navigation Manuals > > Name your main reference manual: > > Bowditch 1995 Ed.------------------:Yes > Bowditch (pre-1995)----------------:1938 > Mixter (Primer of Navigation)------: > Chapman's--------------------------:Yes > Celestial Navigation for Yachtsman-:Yes > Shute----------------------------------: > Shirk----------------------------------: > Porter---------------------------------: > Hemenway-------------------------------: And Dutton's > > Name a manual/book that helped you the most: > > W.F. Buckley @ Airborne/Video----------: > Le Cours des Glenans-------------------: > Bowditch-1995--------------------------:Yes, perhaps mainly because I got to it first. All of the above that I have ticked have been useful and informative in some way. Blewitt is good for a quick intro. Bowditch is the main reference. > Practical Celestial Navigation(HO 229)-: > Self-Contained Celestial Navigation----: > Mariner's Celestial Navigation---------: > Navigation Afloat----------------------: > Cruising Under Sail (E. Hiscock)-------: > Shute----------------------------------: > Shirk----------------------------------: > Porter---------------------------------: > Hemenway-------------------------------: > Mixter---------------------------------: > > > > e) Do you use the Nautical Almanac? > > Commercial-----------: > USNO-----------------: > Self-design Software-: > Computer-------------:Navigator Lite, and Home Planet (can be used as an almanac, of sorts) > USNO Web Site--------: > > > > Dan Hogan > dhhogan@verionmail.com