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Gentlemen,I do hope nothing I wrote was taken as an attack on any one person
or the sum of the people on this list.Nothing I have written was intended to
do that.In my last post I only wished to state my position on the matter.I
really don't wish for anyone to change.If offended by anything on list I
have the option of retireing from the list and I haven't retired.I use the
other list more because it more directly pertains to the merchant marine
industry,shipboard and industry goings on and the kinds of navigation
techniques or proceedures now in use in the industry.
Mr. Fogg made one excellant point as pertaining to people just starting to
study or understand CelNav.Maybe the word intimidation should be replaced
here with the word overwhelmed.A case in point: one person(just starting
out) who corresponds with me asked a question of the list a while back and
got so many answers(almost all the answers above his understanding of the
basics)he became confussed and frustrated.After working with him to grasp
his basics,he seems to be progressing in his understanding because I see him
post on list every so often or when we now correspond his questions are
becomeing more advanced or technical.
Fred,I have no idea where you live but there are a number of establishments
on the west coast that repair or calibrate sextants.I know of 1 in San
Diego, 2 in LA, 1 in SF and 2 in Seattle.
As for the gravitational topic(or other topics)if one wnted to know about
routeing,fuel consumption etc. one could easily call a shipping interest or
someone in the industry and get the basic answer.It's irrelevant to
routeing.If you wish to understand the physics of it this is the place to
find out I suppose.
