Next message: George Huxtable: "Re: Question regarding mathematics of Captain Thomas Sumner's calculations:"
A few points about recent happenings.
1. After what appears to be a remarkable turnaround, Nav-l has
suddenly gone from what looked a bit of a forlorn hope to renewed life
and activity, and a much more certain future. Our thanks and
congratulations should go to Zed (alias Craig) from Sydney, Australia,
for agreeing to take over the helm at a critical time. And to Dan for
steering such a steady course over many years.
2. Zed appears to have the right skills to investigate the occasional
troubles that have beset Nav-l over recent months, and make whatever
changes may be appropriate. I hope that when he has settled in, that
will be on his agenda.
3. List policy has always been to discourage reference to
radio-navigation techniques, except where this was trivial in extent,
or had relevance to some discussion of traditional navigation. As I
understand it, there isn't any outright ban.
However, recent postings relating to intimate details of GPS have
greatly exceeded any such tolerant guidelines. With a new skipper, it
may be time to discuss whether that policy should be eased, but until
that happens, it seems to me that existing policy should be respected.
If there should be any collecting of opinions on that question, my
personal preference would be to keep Nav-l the way it is. Others may
differ.
George.
