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From: Andrés Ruiz
Date: 2008 Jul 22, 08:07 +0200
Jeremy, also when I passed my exams for “captain
of yacht”, neither laptops nor programmed calculators are allowed.
At home I do calculations by hand for
practicing, but on a little sailboat is practically impossible to do astronavigation
calculations without neglecting safety. This is one of the reasons for
developing my own software, others are: is funny and the main one is a very
good way to understand perfectly the problem and all its variants.
Andrés
De:
Enviado el: lunes, 21 de julio de
2008 17:14
Para:
Asunto: [NavList 5904] Re:
Exercise #16 High Altitude Sights near Noon
…
Andres "cheated" a bit with the
problem as he used a computer which certainly wouldn't be allowed in the
exam room, but it does show how the circles work when reduced at
sea. I haven't had the chance to shoot any high altitude sun sights
lately, but I will be mindful when I am at sea and will try to get some if it
is possible.
Jeremy
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