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FW: We need a Navigator!
From: Dan Allen
Date: 2001 Jun 26, 11:22 AM
From: Dan Allen
Date: 2001 Jun 26, 11:22 AM
FYI - sounds neat! -----Original Message----- From rindir@ atlas.co.uk [mailto:rindir@atlas.co.uk] Sent: Friday, June 22, 2001 1:19 AM To: RINForum; SATNAV Subject: We need a Navigator! Apols if you have received this from 2 sources, but it is an urgent request needing wide distribution. This summer, BBC TV is making a series of 6x50-minute programmes on Capt James Cook and Endeavour. These will focus on a voyage by the Endeavour replica from Cairns to Jakarta, setting out on 25 August for about 6 weeks. Although the crew will be in modern clothing, everything else will be authentic for the period. The producer urgently needs a navigator (male or female) for the trip. He/she will need to use the genuine nav instruments, with long-hand calculations - all under the close scrutiny of the cameras. The only GPS on board will remain switched off and locked in the captain's cabin! The navigator will be one of the few on board with a cabin; it seems that the job could perhaps be given to a couple if both were genuinely doing the job. All expenses will be paid by the BBC and there may be payment available for loss of earnings. The BBC producer, who had not previously heard of RIN, had tried to get a navigator elsewhere - but had been advised by the other potential sources to contact us. Anyone interested pse contact the Institute asap. Its certainly the opportunity of a lifetime - with a bit of fame thrown in! Regards, D W Broughton Director The Royal Institute of Navigation 1 Kensington Gore London SW7 2AT Tel: +44 20 7591 3130 Fax: +44 20 7591 3131
