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Re: My plotting board
From: Gary LaPook
Date: 2015 May 10, 14:15 -0700
From: Gary LaPook
Date: 2015 May 10, 14:15 -0700
I went back and found it. It was actually posed by George Huxtable, r.i.p.
You may want to review the discussion of this in September 2010 here:
Accuracy-sextant-observations-sea-Huxtable-sep-2010-g14011
Accuracy-sextant-observations-sea-LaPook-sep-2010-g14025
Accuracy-sextant-observations-sea-LaPook-sep-2010-g14008
Accuracy-sextant-observations-sea-JeremyC-sep-2010-g14020
>Statistical studies i posted before on Navlist showed that for very experienced navigators the expected errors are about 1.5 NM,
Gary,
I am intrigued by this. Can you point me to a message number or subject/date where you discuss this?
Thanks!
Bob
