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Re: Plotting Sheets IN LOG BOOKS
From: Joel Jacobs
Date: 2004 Mar 25, 12:53 -0500
From: Joel Jacobs
Date: 2004 Mar 25, 12:53 -0500
If anyone has a
copy of the "Best of Sail Cursing", published by Sail Magazine Books. It is
their original 1st Edition hardcover version, or subsequent softcover versions
of the first pub, you will find an article titled "A New Method of Plotting
Celestial Lines of Position". A different author details how to do this in
your log book using the ruled lines either vertically or hormonally for lat or
long. I have used the technique for years, and find it very useful. I recall
sending a link to a tanker captain's site who kept scrupulously detailed
celestial entries, and who may also have used it.
Joel Jacobs
Joel Jacobs
----- Original Message -----From: Dan HoganSent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 10:06 AMSubject: Plotting SheetsI ran across a nice Web Site by John Ellsworth with a good article on hand made plotting sheets from a 1973 Sail Magazine.Cheers,-Dan-