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Re: No sextant, no watch, no almanach, nothing
From: Geoffrey Kolbe
Date: 2004 Nov 5, 09:09 +0000
From: Geoffrey Kolbe
Date: 2004 Nov 5, 09:09 +0000
I recall that there was a passage written up in (I think) "Ocean Navigator" about 20 years ago where no navigational instruments at all were used. The journey (as I remember it) was from the Eastern Seaboard of the United States, down to the South Atlantic, around The Horn, and I forget where landfall was (successfully) made. The idea was to sail North/South until certain stars passed over the zenith and then turn East/West to sail along a line of latitude. The time of the journey was carefully chosen so that the selected stars would be at the zenith at the correct times in the journey for the East/West turnings, that is when his boat was estimated to reach the desired latitudes for the turn East (or West) to run along a line of latitude. It seems there are people who specialize in this sort of minimalist navigation. Geoffrey Kolbe At 04:10 05/11/04, you wrote: >Frank: > >So how do you navigate (under certain circumstances?) >without almanac (and without sextant and without chronometer). >Could you give a hint? > >I am very curious. >Alex.
