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Differences between the government and the commercial nautical al manacs?
From: Yves Arrouye
Date: 2001 Apr 09, 2:52 PM
From: Yves Arrouye
Date: 2001 Apr 09, 2:52 PM
Hi, Celestaire describes the commercial almanac as: "Both the commercial and government editions have identical tabulated data and construction with the following exception: The coverage is expanded in that it contains the last two months of the previous year. The price of this edition is less than the government edition due to some advertising pages which are placed at the back, and may be retained or easily removed." I found one at my local West Marine. It is indeed about 50% less than the government version, but I didn't find any introductory material in it, and I think that the government version does. Is that true? Are there any other differences? Thanks, YA -- My opinions do not necessarily reflect my company's. The opposite is also true..
