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Re: Avoiding Wx Problem
From: Richard B. Emerson
Date: 2000 Dec 16, 12:55 PM
From: Richard B. Emerson
Date: 2000 Dec 16, 12:55 PM
Er, perhaps it's time to move up to NIMA Pub. 217 which features useful tips on avoiding missle attacks as well as torpedoes. [g] (http://pollux.nss.nima.mil/pubs/) (or http://pollux.nss.nima.mil/pubs/pubs_j_show_sections.html?dpath=MBM&ptid=8&rid=155 for those who can follow the link directly from e-mail) Rick S/V One With The Wind, Baba 35 Aubrey O'Callaghan writes: > Carls answer is absolutely correct ! > A very good source of relative motion problems is the Admiralty Navigation > Manual Vol. III. mine is a 1938 version. > The equivalent to this problem is stated somewhat differently in the manual > " Avoiding Action. A Ship of lesser speed escaping from a ship of greater > speed (In this case it was a merchant ship escaping a sloop at dusk ). > There are even torpedo firing problems... most useful for the recreational > sailor !!!! [...]
