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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jared Sherman
> > Personally I still
> > prefer an analog clock and watch for many reasons, but it is becoming the
> > arcane tool.
I'm not so sure. Information from a simple graphic (like a clock face) is much more easily and quickly
understood than numbers that have to be processed before their meaning becomes clear. Modern aircraft
have digital instruments but often show results in a graphical form for this reason.
In the often fast moving world of sailing races relative bearings are indicated by the hour hand analogy:
the vessel's bow points to 12 o'clock, the starboard beam 3 o'clock, and so on. The vital hours are 11
o'clock and 1 o'clock, particularly if vision forward is obscured by the genoa.
