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Agreed, but there's a huge difference between mastering a subject and
being able to impart that knowledge to others well - the two are not
necessarily synonymous.

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GregR


--- james whitson  wrote:

> 
> Like all intelligent people, Bill B. took it for granted that we were
> as gifted as himself. While navigation is a challenge in precision
> for most of us, he could use the short form precisely. I suspect much
> of the intricate calculation was automatic for him. May he rest in
> peace.-Jim
> 
> 
> From: gregr_ingest@yahoo.comTo: NavList@fer3.comSubject:
> [NavList 4570] Re: Buckley the NavigatorDate: Sun, 2 Mar 2008
> 16:43:31 -0800
> 
> 
> 
> I have no doubt that Buckley was probably a superb navigator, but I
> found his "Celestial Navigation Simplified" DVD to be less than
> helpful (much of it seemed to rely on rote "do as I say, don't worry
> about the theory" learning) and his narration seemed a bit pompous
> and with what appeared to me to be a tone of "I know this and you
> don't" running throughout it. 
>  
> "Luckily" the DVD had a huge video/audio glitch and I was able to get
> a refund for it, but I definitely wouldn't recommend it to anyone
> wanting to learn celnav - there are a lot better choices out there.
>  
> --
> GregR
>  
>  
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> Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2008 12:32 AM
> Subject: [NavList 4562] Buckley the Navigator
> > > An excerpt from an obituary of William F. Buckley:> "In the
> 1980s, at midlife, Buckley began to escape the tedium of politics by
> > reinventing himself as a novelist and memoir writer. His two
> sailing books, > "Atlantic High" and "Racing Through Paradise," are
> graceful, humorous > accounts of his crossings of the Atlantic and
> Pacific in a 71-foot ketch, > "Sealestial." > > Norfolk photographer
> and writer Christopher Little first met Buckley while > on assignment
> for The New York Times in the early 1970s, and eventually > became
> one of Buckley's closest friends. In the 1980s, Little sailed as a >
> crew member and photographer aboard the Sealestial when Buckley made
> his > long ocean crossings, sharing the same bunk area with him. > >
> "Our first Atlantic trip, from St. Thomas to Spain, was just before
> GPS came > in and Buckley was a superb navigator, using the
> traditional sextant and > star sightings to get us across the ocean,"
> Little said Wednesday during a > phone interview. "In my line of
> work, you meet a lot of famous and charming > people, but Bill took
> that to an even higher level. You couldn't possibly > have more fun
> with someone. He told hilarious stories and shared great > gossip
> about all the famous people he knew." " > >  -FER>
> www.HistoricalAtlas.com > > >
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