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Subject: Re: [worldcruising] Electronic Charts systems
From: jan bruggeman (jan.bruggeman@XXX.XXX)
Date: Thu Jan 25 2001 - 08:30:29 EST
yes, sorry about that, too confusing for me too. Anyhow, reuse of almanacs
is feasible within time-laps of less than 50 years if you are not expecting
gps accuracy while woking sextant sights.
thanks for the update !
mvg,
Jan Bruggeman
mail: jan@XXX.XXX
web: http://jan.bruggeman.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bryan Genez" <yachts@XXX.XXX>
To: <worldcruising@XXX.XXX>
Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2001 1:41 PM
Subject: Re: [worldcruising] Electronic Charts systems
> At 9:55 AM +0100 1/25/01, jan bruggeman wrote:
>
> >* after 400 years we take away 1 day out of the calender (there was no 29
> >february 2000 due to this rule) because rule 1 is too rough.
>
> Actually there was a 29 February 2000! The rule is for every 100
> years, we skip the leap day (29 Feb), except for years divisible by
> 400!
>
> Confusing, and none of us will live long enough to test it!
> --
> Best,
>
> Bryan
> "Capella" Valiant 40 #158
> mailto:yachts@XXX.XXX
>
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