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From: Brendan Kinch
Date: 2012 Feb 13, 17:15 +0100
As soon as I hit the send button.....as usual....I realised what I had jumped in and said ..
I´ll correct my own mistake here and depart with a red face:
11¼° is of course 1 compass point. (And I guess Jaap that it is just a direct translation between the Dutch and English).
Mea Culpa
Kinch.
From: navlist-bounce@fer3.com [mailto:navlist-bounce@fer3.com] On Behalf Of Jaap vd Heide
Sent: 13 February 2012 16:45
To: NavList@fer3.com
Subject: [NavList] Re: Compass directions and "North by Northwest"
An 11.25° angle is called a "kompasstreek" [en: compass ???] in Dutch and is still used in formal regulations, like on navigation lights on ships. Is there an English word for this?
Regards,
Jaap
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