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Re: Plotting Sheets IN LOG BOOKS
From: Joel Jacobs
Date: 2004 Mar 25, 15:27 -0500
From: Joel Jacobs
Date: 2004 Mar 25, 15:27 -0500
There was another blooper caused by the spell check feature. Hormonally was meant to be horizontally. Oh well, ;-( Joel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Houlston"To: Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 2:55 PM Subject: Re: Plotting Sheets IN LOG BOOKS > Sorry about that - I thought perhaps that it really was the name of the book > - or a Freudian slip. > Paul > > -----Original Message----- > From: Navigation Mailing List > [mailto:NAVIGATION-L@LISTSERV.WEBKAHUNA.COM]On Behalf Of Joel Jacobs > Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 12:46 PM > To: NAVIGATION-L@LISTSERV.WEBKAHUNA.COM > Subject: Re: Plotting Sheets IN LOG BOOKS > > > Paul you have to use your imagination. ;-) > I suffer from cataracs. :-( > > Joel > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Paul Houlston > To: NAVIGATION-L@LISTSERV.WEBKAHUNA.COM > Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 1:50 PM > Subject: Re: Plotting Sheets IN LOG BOOKS > > > I've heard of "Golf Cursing" but "Sail Cursing"? > Paul > -----Original Message----- > From: Navigation Mailing List [mailto:NAVIGATION-L@LISTSERV.WEBKAHUNA.COM]On > Behalf Of Joel Jacobs > Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 10:53 AM > To: NAVIGATION-L@LISTSERV.WEBKAHUNA.COM > Subject: Re: Plotting Sheets IN LOG BOOKS > > > 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 > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Dan Hogan > To: NAVIGATION-L@LISTSERV.WEBKAHUNA.COM > Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 10:06 AM > Subject: Plotting Sheets > > > I ran across a nice Web Site by John Ellsworth with a good article on hand > made plotting sheets from a 1973 Sail Magazine. > http://www.johnellsworth.com/writing/index.html > > Cheers, > -Dan- > > This communication is intended for the use of the recipient to which it is > addressed, and may contain confidential, personal, and/or privileged > information. Please contact us immediately if you are not the intended > recipient of this communication, and do not copy, distribute, or take action > relying on it. Any communication received in error, or subsequent reply, > should be deleted or destroyed. > > This communication is intended for the use of the recipient to which it is > addressed, and may contain confidential, personal, and/or privileged > information. Please contact us immediately if you are not the intended > recipient of this communication, and do not copy, distribute, or take action > relying on it. Any communication received in error, or subsequent reply, > should be deleted or destroyed.