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The US Power Squadrons continue to teach sextant navigation as the
core of their Navigator grade. I am teaching this course at the
present time. There are approximately 700 students across the US
presently studying this course. A smart skipper would use the NASR
method in the Almanac or use his computer and NAVCALC which solves the
determination of Ho and Zn from which the intercept is calculated
Simple.

On Oct 26, 10:56�pm, Scott Owen  wrote:
> Bill wrote:
> > Frank Reed pointed us to an article:
>
> >> Right at the top, the article notes that the submarine carries a sextant,
> >> just in case. Later in the article, it's explained that they carry no paper
> >> charts.
>
> > Do you think they have an almanac in case STELLA goes down?
>
> > Pretty soon there may be only several thousand skilled sextant users left.
> > I'm hoping to cash in like the old Fortran and Cobol programmers during the
> > Y2K scare. 
>
> > Bill B.
>
> Bill,
> Yes, USN ships are required to carry a paper copy of the current
> Nautical Almanac. �As to HO229, there is no paper copy requirement IF
> the ship is authorized for usage of DNC charts. �Not all ships and
> submarines are authorized for DNC usage yet. �In any event, the prudent
> Commanding Officer would probably carry a paper copy of HO229 and any
> Harbor chart that the ship is expected to call on during next expected
> voyage.
>
> I would also add that a stadimeter and a pelorus are still part of the
> navigation hardware issued to the ship. �How much use they get in the
> GPS age I can not say.
>
> -Scott
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