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Well, I don't know about a week. But I did substantially teach myself
celestial in about eight months!! The mathematics did not take long. It
was the physical skill with the sextant that took a while. But, that was
back when I was closer to 40, age being a critical issue on this list,
occasionally . . .
John Kabel
London, ON
> Hi All,
>
> Has anybody read "The Cruise of the Snark" by Jack London?
>
> He has a great chapter called "Finding One's Way About" This is
> a quote, "...navigating by observations of the sun, moon,
> and stars, thanks to the astronomers and mathematicians, is
> child's play." "Any average young fellow can teach himself
> in a week."
>
> He goes on to describe how he taught himself navigation and
> sailed the Snark from San Francisco to Hawaii with his wife
> and a friend.
>
> He does, however make a distinction between seamanship and navigation.
>
> I understand that Jack London died around age 40 in 1916. He
> must have lived one heck of an interesting and adventure filled
> life. I am kicking up around 50 and I haven't had 1/100th of
> his adventures.
>
> -- Gordon
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