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Subject: Re: Navigation Survey
From: Dan Hogan (dhhogan@XXX.XXX)
Date: Fri May 25 2001 - 11:02:31 EDT
On 25 May 2001, at 7:24, Dan Hogan wrote:
> Please enter the Navigation-l survey. This will aid in future Silicon Sea Legs
> and maybe help increase list discussions. Feel free to expand any category.
>
> Post replies to the list primarily. I will summarize and post the results.
>
> Be aware that most of the better celestial navigation books were written
> before 1980. So still list yours.
>
> Navigation-L Survey
>
> a) Dead Reckoning
>
> What is the method used most?
> Mid-Latitude-----:
> Mercator Sailing-: with HP32SII calculator
> Rhumb Line-------:
> Other(Name?)-----:
>
> b) Sight Reduction
>
> Which is your primary Sight reduction method?
> Computer Program(Name?)--------: Navig96b
> Calculator(Name?)--------------:
> Short Navigation Tables,
> H.O. 211 etc.(Name?)-------:H.O. 208
> Standard Navigation Tables,
> 229, 214 etc.(Name?)-------: 229 Small Boat Tables by Hewitt Schlerth
> Other(Name?)-------------------:
>
> c) Plotting
>
> How do you do your plotting?
> Computer Program(Name?)---: Navig96b, posplot.exe
> Universal Plotting Sheets-:
> Maneuvering Board----------:
> Radar Plotting Sheets-----:
> Home Made(Describe)-------: D. Hogan - QED
>
> d) Navigation Manuals
>
> Name your main reference manual-:
Bowditch, Pub No. 9 - 1977 Edition
>
>
> Name a manual/book that helped you the most-:
Self-Contained Celestial Navigation with H.O. 208 by John S. Letcher,
1977
Mariner's Celestial Navigation, by William Crawford, 1972
Navigation Afloat by Alton B. Moody, 1980
>
> e) Do you use the Nautical Almanac?
> Commercial-: Yes
> USNO-------:
Cheers
-Dan-
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