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In the spirit of George's excellent mini-bio about his being an ex- 
physicist, I would like to add that I grew up in Silicon Valley,  
specifically, Sunnyvale, California.  I had a neighbor that took me  
sailing once for the day on Monterey Bay.  I was hooked on the sea.   
As I began asking questions about navigation, he showed me his copy  
of Bowditch, the blue 1966 edition.  That opened a world to me, when  
I was about 10 years old, that I have ever since wanted to explore  
and understand.

In college I majored in physics, but ended up studying math and  
numerical analysis.  I then went on to work for Apple Computer and  
Microsoft for many years writing software.  I finally got a boat and  
actually planned a world trip.  It did not end up happening, but in  
that period of time (late 1990s, early 2000s) I finally bought many  
sextants and got seriously interested in using celestial navigation  
for our proposed world trip.

When the world trip fizzled I sold that boat and bought another but  
since then we have taken up as an alternate adventure living on a  
ranch in the Wild West.  No more boats.  My diminished frequency of  
postings to this group has been a result of my being nowhere near an  
ocean.

Someday I hope to move back to a coastal region and get another boat  
and then my interest will flourish once again.  In the meantime,  
however, I do enjoy learning from many on this list about all things  
celestial.

Dan Allen
N39.997� W111.757�





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