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Subject: Re: Navigation Survey
From: Peter Smith (Smith_Peter@XXX.XXX)
Date: Fri May 25 2001 - 11:43:06 EDT
Navigation-L Survey
a) Dead Reckoning
What is the method used most?
Mid-Latitude-----:
Mercator Sailing-:
Rhumb Line-------: pencil & parallel rules
Other(Name?)-----:
b) Sight Reduction
Which is your primary Sight reduction method?
Computer Program(Name?)--------:
Calculator(Name?)--------------:
Short Navigation Tables,
H.O. 211 etc.(Name?)-------:
Standard Navigation Tables,
229, 214 etc.(Name?)-------: HO229
Other(Name?)-------------------: Nautical Almanac
c) Plotting
How do you do your plotting?
Computer Program(Name?)---:
Universal Plotting Sheets-: Davis 8.5x11
Maneuvering Board----------:
Radar Plotting Sheets-----:
Home Made(Describe)-------:
d) Navigation Manuals
Name your main reference manual-: Bowditch 1975/77
Name a manual/book that helped you the most-:
The first class I took used Dutton's _Navigation and Nautical
Astronomy_, which was quite dry and a little technical for a
casual student. At my father's suggestion (from his Navy days)
I tried his copy of Mixter's _Primer of Navigation_ which was
a much better starting point. That got the basics under my
belt using the HO211 (Ageton) tables. From there I was able
to re-approach Dutton and HO229 with better understanding,
and then move on to Bowditch.
e) Do you use the Nautical Almanac?
Commercial-: cheaper and lies flatter
USNO-------:
-- Peter Smith
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