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Re: Will anyone ever find Shackleton's lost ship?
From: Doug Faunt
Date: 2022 Feb 19, 12:54 -0800
From: Doug Faunt
Date: 2022 Feb 19, 12:54 -0800
I often steer by points, if the compass has them. As a mate, I've converted degrees to points for the helm, and given courses in both for a new course, as well as given corrections in points.
Best, Doug
On Sat, Feb 19, 2022, 12:32 Dale Lichtblau <NoReply_Lichtblau@fer3.com> wrote:
Thanks Frank.
Convenient to translate "by" as "and a bit" is very helpful. But in the old days Boxing the Compass required one to name 128 points, including fractional points. See learnsailor.com/navigation. Really?
And I finally figured out how to use Navlist's advanced search facility (to search for previous postings on "occultation," for example. I didn't realize you simply put a search string into the "ENHANCED BY G" box. (A little confusing for my small brain.) Thanks all for the pointers and occultation discussions.
