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Re: QE2 grounding (was: Mercator vs. Great Circle)
From: Richard B. Emerson
Date: 2001 Aug 30, 8:09 AM
From: Richard B. Emerson
Date: 2001 Aug 30, 8:09 AM
DOH!!! Of course!! The 2101-D is a challenge, isn't it? I've tried plotting planets with it but still haven't sorted that out yet. If anyone has a good procedure for doing that, I'd like to see it. Rick S/V One With The Wind, Baba 35 Dale Tilson writes: [...] > "Commissioned in 1967, RUDE is one of NOAA's > smallest ships. The ship is named after Captain > Gilbert T. Rude (pronounced 'roo-dee') of the former > Coast and Geodetic Survey, who developed the > Rude Star Finder, a navigational device used for > locating celestial bodies. " > > from- http://www.omao.noaa.gov/platforms/aug99rude.html > > Of course, I still haven't >mastered< the 2101-D, but I'm workin' on it. > > Dale
