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--- Guy Schwartz  wrote:

> Edges are graduated in inches and centimeters

It would be a lot more useful (at least in my opinion) if it also had a
scale that matched the plotting sheets, though I guess you could always
use the inch scale and "do the math" mentally when plotting.

--
GregR



> The very best tool is:
> Blundel-Harling Portland Course Plotter
> Portland Plotters--also known as Breton Plotters-- are the plotters
> of
> choice for commercial navigators.  This heavy-duty model features:
>
> A moveable compass rose grid.   When aligned on chart parallels it
> automatically sets the drawing edges on the course bearing required.
> Variations can be pre-set on the moveable rose for easy compass
> bearing
> plots.
> Edges are graduated in inches and centimeters
> Large numbers make the plotter easy to read under difficult
> conditions
> http://www.waypoints.com/plotters.html
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: NavList@fer3.com [mailto:NavList@fer3.com] On
> Behalf
> Of Greg R.
> Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 8:05 PM
> To: NavList@fer3.com
> Subject: [NavList 5152] Re: Plotting tools
>
>
> --- Anabasis  wrote:
>
> > I was just wondering what people use to plot their LOP's and lay
> down
> > their course lines?
>
> As someone who moved over to marine navigation from the aviation
> world, the
> Weems plotter was most familiar to me and easiest to use (though I
> also had
> experience with parallel rules from Navy service days).
>
> Being someone who likes to experiment (and try new ways of doing
> things),
> over the past few years I've managed to accumulate just about every
> plotting
> tool in the Celestaire catalog: square protractors, a couple of the
> Bi-Rola
> plotters, GPS plotter, 3-arm protractor, protractor triangle,
> Plotfix, and
> the Chartkit plotting board (hopefully I didn't forget anything...
> ;-)),
> though I don't have any experience with any of the Linex items.
>
> And I just ordered the Paralock plotter over the weekend because it
> claims
> to make plotting GPS fixes easy.
>
> Can't say that I have any particular "favorite" of the lot, it's
> pretty much
> a case of whatever tool is the right one for the job du jour.
>
> That and the usual assortment of drafting tools (dividers, compass,
> etc.) pretty much round out that part of the navigation kit - but
> from a
> practical standpoint all of that is usually replaced by a laptop
> computer
> and Navigator software.  :-)
>
> --
> GregR
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > I was just wondering what people use to plot their LOP's and lay
> down
> > their course lines?
> >
> >   Here in the US Merchant Marine, we are partial to a pair of
> > navigational triangles, a compass, and a pair of dividers.  We use
> a
> > straight edge or a long pair of parallel rulers for the long lines,
>
> > but that's about it.  I was wondering what other tools people might
> be
> > using?
> >
> > Jeremy
> > >
> >
>
>
>
>
> >
>


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