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Subject: Re: Sextants in Coastal Piloting
From: Young, Derrick (youngd@XXX.XXX)
Date: Tue Aug 15 2000 - 11:36:26 EDT
Carl,
Yes, I do teach sextant work for coastal piloting. It is very useful for
determining where you are (as you know) in areas where LORAN and/or GPS
don't work very well. For example some areas off the Virginia coast line
and in the lower Chesapeake Bay. I teach vertical and horizontal angles.
I also teach these same techniques to folks so that they can verify the
position of aides to navigation. GPS, while good, until recently has not
been accurate enough to verify buoy positions.
derrick
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