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From: Henry Halboth
Date: 2015 Apr 18, 14:41 -0400
Bill,
When working with true and magnetic bearings to be plotted on a chart you will be using the pelorus 0° clockwise to 360°. If doubling the angle on the bow or using Bowditch table 7 (1981)/table 18 (2002) then work port and statboard off the bow or stern. There is also the radian rule which is worked port and starboard off the bow. see link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8sJcePmziM
Greg Rudzinski
From: Bill B
Date: 2015 Apr 14, 14:34 -0700Recently viewed a page at the URL below and it struck me as vague and misleading regarding "relative bearing" and pelorus use:
http://www.gosailing.info/Navigation%20-%20Relative%20Bearings.htm
I've always regarded relative bearing (RB) as a 0-360d measurement with the bow-end of the lubber line being O. The above article seems to suggest it is always measured 0-180 CW on the starboard side and 0-180 CCW on the starboard side. Also that a pelorus card is always set to 0.
I consider RB starboard and RB port to be a subset of RB. Borrowing from submariner terminology it makes communications/notations easier for me to use "Angle of the bow" or "AOB" noting port or starboard when necessary.
My calculations use the following (True bearing = TB, compass = C)
AOB or RB starboard = RB
AOB or RB port = 360 - RB
RB = TB + C
TB = RB-C
C = RB - TB
Add or subtract 360 if less than 0 or greater than 360 respectively.
Any opinions on standard usage of RB and AOB?
