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Re: Latitude and Longitude by "Noon Sun"
From: Frank Reed CT
Date: 2005 Jun 6, 22:56 EDT
From: Frank Reed CT
Date: 2005 Jun 6, 22:56 EDT
Henry H wrote: "Regardless of the precision spoken of so often on this List, an intended landfall, based on celestial navigation alone, within the masthead visibility distance is a successful landfall." It hasn't come up recently but there is one other important reason for maintaining a relatively accurate position even a long way from land -- it's for the SOS. -FER 42.0N 87.7W, or 41.4N 72.1W. www.HistoricalAtlas.com/lunars
