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Re: Leg 57 Ans.
From: Dan Hogan
Date: 1999 Aug 06, 6:09 PM
From: Dan Hogan
Date: 1999 Aug 06, 6:09 PM
Millard: >1) What is the DR position at the time of the first sight? > > Ans. 53 28.4 S 75 13.7'W >-- ------------------------------------------------------- Right. >2) What is the FIX position? > > Ans. 54d 04.7' S 74d 55.2' W Using all shots > 54d 23.4' S 76d 01.1' W Throwing out Moon and Peacock -- > ------------------------- In there. >3) What was the Speed Made Good(SMG) between fixes? > > Ans. 11.3 nm >-- ------------------------------------------------ Right. >Var 19dE, Dev 2.5dW. Speed 10.3Kts, Current 0.8 Kts, Set 115.0d. > >4) What is the Zone Time(ZT) and Date Expected Time of Arrival(ETA) > to abeam of Cape Horn? > > Ans. ZT 2118 hrs 25/03/1999 Using 11.3 SMG > or ZT 2348 hrs 25/03/1999 Using 10.3 Log >-- -------------------------------------------------------------- > >5) What is the distance to Cape Horn from our FIX? > > Ans. 289.8 nm > >-- ----------------------------------------------- Agrees with your Position. >6) What is the Compass Course(CC)/Course-to-Steer for Cape Horn? > > Ans. CC 97.9d TC 114.3d >-- ------------------------------------------------------------- > >7) What is the TC and distance to the decision waypoint? > > Ans. TC 76.7d Dist RL 147.6 nm >-- ----------------------------------------------------- Right. >8) What is the Compass course(CC)/Course-to-Steer to the waypoint? > > Ans. 64.7d >-- --------------------------------------------------------------- Within tolerance +/- 5d. Dan Hogan WA6PBY C27 "Gacha" dhhogan@nav.cnchost.com Navigation-L: http://nav.cnchost.com
