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Re: Navigation-L Survey
From: Sam Chan
Date: 2001 Jun 09, 12:09 AM
From: Sam Chan
Date: 2001 Jun 09, 12:09 AM
----- Original Message ----- From "Dan Hogan"To: Sent: Friday, June 08, 2001 9:59 PM Subject: Navigation-L Survey > OK. One more time. PLEASE respond to the survey. Even if you are just getting > started. > > Post replies to the list primarily. I will summarize and post the results. > > Be aware that most of the better celestial navigation books were written > before 1980. So still list yours. > > Navigation-l subscribers listed 182. The response to the survey has been 10!. > > Results will be posted June 13. > > ****************************************** > Navigation-L Survey > > a) Dead Reckoning > > What is the method used most? > > Mid-Latitude-----: > Mercator Sailing-: Mercator Sailing > Rhumb Line-------: > Other(Name?)-----: > > > b) Sight Reduction > > Which is your primary Sight reduction method? > > Computer Program(Name?)--------: > Calculator(Name?)--------------: StarPilot > Short Navigation Tables, > H.O. 211 etc.(Name?)-------: > Standard Navigation Tables, > 229, 214 etc.(Name?)-------: > Other(Name?)-------------------: Non-programmable calculator > > c) Plotting > > How do you do your plotting? > > Computer Program(Name?)---: > Universal Plotting Sheets-: For fixes > Manoeuvring Board---------: current sailing > Radar Plotting Sheets-----: > Home Made(Describe)-------: > > d) Navigation Manuals > > Name your main reference manual: > > Bowditch 1995 Ed.------------------: > Bowditch (pre-1995)----------------: > Mixter (Primer of Navigation)------: > Chapman's--------------------------: > Celestial Navigation for Yachtsman-: > Shute----------------------------------: > Shirk----------------------------------: > Porter---------------------------------: > Hemenway-------------------------------: Dutton Hobbs Turner - Celestial for the Cruising Navigator Williams - Geometry of Navigation > > Name a manual/book that helped you the most: > > W.F. Buckley @ Airborne/Video----------: > Le Cours des Glenans-------------------: > Bowditch-1995--------------------------: > 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-----------: Comerical > USNO-----------------: > Self-design Software-: > Computer-------------: Have old copy of ICE but not used often. > USNO Web Site--------: > > > > Dan Hogan > dhhogan@verionmail.com > Sam Chan