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Expedition to document Sumner's confluence?
From: Jim Thompson
Date: 2004 Apr 20, 09:00 -0300
From: Jim Thompson
Date: 2004 Apr 20, 09:00 -0300
I hope this is not too far off-topic. Sumner discovered the celestial line of position in the south end of St. George's Channel, very near the confluence of latitude 52d N and longitude 006d W, between Tusker Light and Small's Light. I'd like to sail out to that confluence and document it by GPS for the Degree Confluence Project http://www.confluence.org/. While there, and weather permitting, I would like to shoot a sextant sun line to top it off. Here is Sumner's map of the area, from Peter Ifland's book: http://jimthompson.net/boating/CelestialNav/SumnerTrip.htm Being Canadian I do not know how to go about organizing this project. And we are not rich, so our budget is limited. But my wife wants to visit Ireland again, and I want to see the naval museum at Greenwich. This boat trip and potential visit with other CN enthusiasts would be a bonus, if we could pull it off. 52N 005W has been documented, by the way (Fishguard, Pembrokeshire, Wales): http://www.confluence.org/confluence.php?lat=52&lon=-5 as has 52N 008W (35.8 km (22.2 miles) ENE of Corcaigh, County Cork, Ireland): http://www.confluence.org/confluence.php?lat=52&lon=-8 but 52N 007W (in the water just off Ireland) and 52N 008W have not been documented. Do any of the UK boaters have any suggestions for, or interest in mounting a holiday mini-expedition to get that done, say next summer (2005)? Jim Thompson jim2@jimthompson.net Charlottetown, PEI, Canada www.jimthompson.net/boating Outgoing mail scanned by Norton Antivirus -----------------------------------------
