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Re: Heading [was] Re: Deviation plot

Subject: Re: Heading [was] Re: Deviation plot
From: Trevor Kenchington (Gadus@XXX.XXX)
Date: Tue Feb 05 2002 - 17:27:07 EST

Jared wrote:

> Perhaps we should agree not to use the word "HEADING" in this forum.
> While Chapman defines it as the direction that the bow of the boat is pointing in, conventional dictionaries define it as the direction the boat is MOVING TOWARDS.
> Note that there are two equally valid but totally different definitions, making this word useless without a specific context.

"Heading" has assorted meanings in general English but this is
NAVIGATION-L. In the jargon of navigation, has "heading" ever meant
anything other than "ship's head", the direction of the vessel's
centreline relative to north?

Trevor Kenchington 

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