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Subject: Re: from a watcher
From: Dan Allen (danallen46@XXX.XXX)
Date: Fri Oct 18 2002 - 00:21:00 EDT
On Thursday, October 17, 2002, at 08:31 PM, Robert Eno wrote:
> I do not recommend relying on the sight reduction tables in the
> Nautical
> Almanac. They are, in a word, difficult.
I agree. That's why I use a calculator like you do. I thought from
David Weilacher's comments that he was advocating the use of very
few things, so I suggested a further reduction in books, but perhaps
that is too Draconian.
In my world I need a calculator and a sextant. That is it. The
tables are in the calculator, the almanac is in the calculator, and
the calculator has a clock as well.
Dan
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