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Re: Any Jack London Fans?
From: John Kabel
Date: 2005 Apr 15, 15:05 -0400
From: John Kabel
Date: 2005 Apr 15, 15:05 -0400
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 > > -- > ,,, > (. .) > +-------------------------ooO-(_)-Ooo------------------------+ > | Gordon Talge WB6YKK mail: gtalge AT silcon DOT com | > | (o- Debian / GNU / Linux | > | //\ The Choice of the GNU Generation | > | v_/_ .oooO | > | - E Aho Laula - ( ) Oooo. - Wider is Better - | > +-------------------------\ (---( )-------------------------+ > \_) ) / > (_/ > > > -- > Incoming messge appears to be virus-free. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.12 - Release Date: 4/15/05 > -- Outbound e-mail is scanned for viruses. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.12 - Release Date: 4/15/05
