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 Frank Reed wrote:

 > For more on Sue Howell and the events leading  to  her tragic death, you may
> want to read "Tall Ships Down" by Dan  Parrott.

You must be reading my mind - I just ordered it from Amazon  earlier this morning.  :-)

> In addition to being  a skilled  navigation teacher, she also made good cookies
> (I knew her mostly  when  I was 15 to 17).

Wish I could have taken some courses from her  while she was alive (my celnav 
interest was pretty much dormant during the '80s)  - her tongue-in-cheek tone 
in some of the problems in her book was definitely  appreciated.  :-)

How did you know her - older friend or relative have  some connection with Mystic?

> Incidentally, Susan Howell also wrote  an extensive  series of navigation
> "Day's Work" problems which were very  fun, and funny!, and  could easily be
> published as another book. Ken, if  you're listening, I've been  trying to convince
> Don Treworgy that you  two should make this  happen.

Were those published anywhere? Wonder if we  could find them online somewhere.

> Probably the best example of a  woman navigator historically is  Janet Taylor.

Thanks for the additional  reference, I'll scope it out when I get a chance.

> Hey, maybe it's  actually "women's work". 

I think I'll try that approach and see  exactly how far it gets me - glad I've 
got a good medical and dental plan......   ;-)

--
GregR


----- Original Message ----
From: Frank Reed 
To: NAVIGATION-L@LISTSERV.WEBKAHUNA.COM
Sent: Tuesday, June 6, 2006 4:45:40 PM
Subject: Re: Women Navigators

For more on Sue Howell and the events leading to  her tragic death, you may
want to read "Tall Ships Down" by Dan Parrott. It's an  excellent book
generally. Just a reminder, some events of the Celestial Weekend  in Mystic are funded
by the Susan P. Howell Memorial Fund. In addition to being  a skilled
navigation teacher, she also made good cookies (I knew her mostly when  I was 15 to
17).

Incidentally, Susan Howell also wrote an extensive  series of navigation
"Day's Work" problems which were very fun, and funny!, and  could easily be
published as another book. Ken, if you're listening, I've been  trying to convince
Don Treworgy that you two should make this  happen.

Probably the best example of a woman navigator historically is  Janet Taylor.
She ran a successful navigation school in London in the mid-19th  century.
She invented a combined calculator/sextant --seems ungainly and  impractical but
it's clever. She was the author of a very successful navigation  manual which
you can find, complete, on google books.

Celestial  navigation was apparently popular among captains' wives, when they
sailed with  their husbands, in the 19th century. There are examples in
logbooks at Mystic  Seaport. Hey, maybe it's actually "women's work". 

-FER
42.0N  87.7W, or 41.4N 72.1W.
www.HistoricalAtlas.com/lunars

   

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