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Estimated position - thanks
From: Russell Sher
Date: 2004 Sep 27, 22:46 +0200
From: Russell Sher
Date: 2004 Sep 27, 22:46 +0200
Thanks all for the replies. As some of you said it is a perpendicular from the LOP to the DR which is really the same as saying it is the closest distance to the DR from the LOP. Thanks Joel for the reminder to correct for leeway/current/tidal stream. Russell