Re: Navigation-L Survey
Subject: Re: Navigation-L Survey
From: Sam Chan (schan@XXX.XXX)
Date: Sat Jun 09 2001 - 02:09:25 EDT
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Hogan" <dhhogan@XXX.XXX>
To: <NAVIGATION-L@XXX.XXX>
Sent: Friday, June 08, 2001 9:59 PM
Subject: Navigation-L Survey
> OK. One more time. PLEASE respond to the survey. Even if you are just
getting
> started.
>
> 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 subscribers listed 182. The response to the survey has been
10!.
>
> Results will be posted June 13.
>
> ******************************************
> Navigation-L Survey
>
> a) Dead Reckoning
>
> What is the method used most?
>
> Mid-Latitude-----:
> Mercator Sailing-:
Mercator Sailing
> Rhumb Line-------:
> Other(Name?)-----:
>
>
> b) Sight Reduction
>
> Which is your primary Sight reduction method?
>
> Computer Program(Name?)--------:
> Calculator(Name?)--------------:
StarPilot
> Short Navigation Tables,
> H.O. 211 etc.(Name?)-------:
> Standard Navigation Tables,
> 229, 214 etc.(Name?)-------:
> Other(Name?)-------------------:
Non-programmable calculator
>
> c) Plotting
>
> How do you do your plotting?
>
> Computer Program(Name?)---:
> Universal Plotting Sheets-:
For fixes
> Manoeuvring Board---------:
current sailing
> Radar Plotting Sheets-----:
> Home Made(Describe)-------:
>
> d) Navigation Manuals
>
> Name your main reference manual:
>
> Bowditch 1995 Ed.------------------:
> Bowditch (pre-1995)----------------:
> Mixter (Primer of Navigation)------:
> Chapman's--------------------------:
> Celestial Navigation for Yachtsman-:
> Shute----------------------------------:
> Shirk----------------------------------:
> Porter---------------------------------:
> Hemenway-------------------------------:
Dutton
Hobbs
Turner - Celestial for the Cruising Navigator
Williams - Geometry of Navigation
>
> Name a manual/book that helped you the most:
>
> W.F. Buckley @ Airborne/Video----------:
> Le Cours des Glenans-------------------:
> Bowditch-1995--------------------------:
> Practical Celestial Navigation(HO 229)-:
> Self-Contained Celestial Navigation----:
> Mariner's Celestial Navigation---------:
> Navigation Afloat----------------------:
> Cruising Under Sail (E. Hiscock)-------:
> Shute----------------------------------:
> Shirk----------------------------------:
> Porter---------------------------------:
> Hemenway-------------------------------:
> Mixter---------------------------------:
>
>
>
> e) Do you use the Nautical Almanac?
>
> Commercial-----------:
Comerical
> USNO-----------------:
> Self-design Software-:
> Computer-------------:
Have old copy of ICE but not used often.
> USNO Web Site--------:
>
>
>
> Dan Hogan
> dhhogan@XXX.XXX
>
Sam Chan
