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From: Steven Wepster
Date: 2001 Jun 12, 5:12 AM
From: Steven Wepster
Date: 2001 Jun 12, 5:12 AM
> ****************************************** > Navigation-L Survey > > a) Dead Reckoning > What is the method used most? Mercator Sailing-: X > b) Sight Reduction > Which is your primary Sight reduction method? Calculator(Name?)--------------: current method; I'm getting lazy. Casio fx4500PA Short Navigation Tables, H.O. 211 etc.(Name?)-------: have used HO 249 Standard Navigation Tables, 229, 214 etc.(Name?)-------: formerly used Lieuwen's ABC-tables; great fun Other(Name?)-------------------: I'm experimenting with lunar distances (in the context of a PhD study). > c) Plotting > How do you do your plotting? Home Made(Describe)-------: mid-latitude chart on ruled paper with the lines running N-S > d) Navigation Manuals > Name your main reference manual: Bowditch (pre-1995)----------------: X > Name a manual/book that helped you the most: Bowditch (pre-1995)----------------: X > e) Do you use the Nautical Almanac? Commercial-----------: X > Computer-------------: sometimes Steve Moshier's AA program > > > Steven Wepster wepster@math.uu.nl