Next message: Vic Fraenckel: "Re: Principles and Being Practical"
I sent this once today but don't see it on list so will try again.
Mr. Fogg,a well stated position in my opinion for what it's worth.I was
wondering if it was only I who had similar feelings on this matter.I was
going to post some of my recent experiances during a transit from the
Pacific to the Atlantic but when I signed back on list and read the posts
since I was gone decided not to.The topics being discussed at lenght,at
least to me,a proffessional and practical sailor were irrelivant.A good deal
of what is discussed here are the fine points of a proceedure or maybe even
nit-picking.There are dominate personnalities on this list just as on other
lists.Getting a constant positional accuracy of less than 0.1 nm may be
sought and discussed for land navigation but in reality not an overrideing
concern at sea for the most part.The topic of gravitational hills,while
interesting,is irrelivant to the navigation of vessels at sea.
I've had people contact me off list from time to time,and continue to
welcome them,with questions reguarding practical,real life navigation
proceedures and practices.More than one stated they were intimadated by some
of the answers or replies to some of the other questions they read on the
list.
I am on 2 other mailing lists that concern navigation or the sea.Everyday
while at the office I will look at all.I find myself spending more time on
another list as it is more practical and concerns topics discussed closer to
my profession.
I will continue to monitor the topics on this list.Delete them when
irrelivant to my needs.Read them when I believe I can glean a nugget of
information from them.I will contribute to a topic when able.
