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Top Ten CN Skills
From: Greg Rudzinski
Date: 2014 Oct 5, 18:56 -0700
From: Greg Rudzinski
Date: 2014 Oct 5, 18:56 -0700
1. Plotting sheet construction
2. Time, speed, distance, and ETA calculations
3. Compass check by amplitude, azimuth, and Polaris
4. Latitude by LAN, MP star, Polaris
5. Sun line by 229, 249, and calculator
6. Sun line running fix
7. Twilight star finding and selection
8. 3 star fix
9. Great circle course and distance by 229 and calculator
10. Moon line
Bonus: Day time Venus line, horizontal sextant angle cirle of position, dip short, ex-meridian, time sight, and back sight.
Double Bonus: Longitude by Lunar
Greg Rudzinski
