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From: Robert Gainer (no email)
Date: Mon Jun 21 2004 - 16:23:48 EDT
Bryan;
Oh yes, no question about it. I have been caught even with a good plan. Your
comment about ships diverting to avoid the bad weather is a good one and now
I want to check that out.
All the best;
Bob
>From: Bryan Genez <>
>Reply-To:
>To: <>
>Subject: Re: [world-cruising] Re: Celestial navigation
>Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 16:09:56 -0400
>
>robertgainer wrote:
>
> > The pilot charts tell me what the chance of fog is, and if the water
> > is thin and the chance of fog great I will avoid that part of the
> > world.
>
>Bob, I expect you're an excellent planner. But you know what they say
>about
>the "best laid plans of mice and men...."
>
>Make sure you take the information on pilot charts with a small grain of
>salt. Remember that the information is derived from ships that report the
>real weather during their transits. Ships do divert to avoid bad weather,
>the incidence of bad weather reports is skewed on pilot charts. Bad
>weather
>occurs more often than the charts indicate.
>
>Nobody can plan for overcast weather. Sometimes, those systems just hang
>on
>for days. If you can't see the sun or the stars, you can't get a celestial
>fix.
>
>Then there are the really clear days when you can shoot Venus in the
>daytime! That's a rush...!
>
>--
>Best,
>
>Bryan Genez (KB3HMZ)
>"Capella" Valiant 40 #158
>Annapolis, MD
>
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