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Silicon Beach Proposal
From: Gary Harkins
Date: 2004 Feb 22, 11:51 EST
From: Gary Harkins
Date: 2004 Feb 22, 11:51 EST
In a message dated 2/21/2004 11:54:30 PM Eastern Standard Time, jim2@jimthompson.net writes:
Renee -- those are exactly the kinds of sights we are looking for. Feel
free to send a couple along and I'll post them, with credits.
I assume that you are only interested in sights for the current year, since many of us pitch last years Nautical Almanac. However I do have, if you are interested, a series of sun sights taken on the eastern shore of Lake Michigan in 2002. I have kept them because I have been using them to compare many of the different sight reduction methods. I am trying to decide which of the tabular methods I want to use as a backup method for my scientific calculator, which is my preferred method. As of now I think that I would use Ageton's as my preferred method aboard ship if my calculator were to fail. I would also put a copy of the S Tables, an abbreviated version of Ageton's, in an abandon ship bag. I like to use my DR position as my AP. Ageton's, as far as I have been able to determine, is the only tabular method that allows this.
I will also be taking many more sights this summer to complete my sight folder for my N certificate from the USPS. These sights will be: two body fixes, three body fixes, meridian transit, latitude by Polaris and others. I am currently self-studying this course and acting as mentor for others doing the same. If your project takes wings I will be glad to contribute any of my sights and I'm sure that the others studying with me will be glad to do the same.
Gary Harkins C400 #140 "Cygnus"
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Harbour Towne Marina, Muskegon, Michigan Slip C-28
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C400 National Association
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NRA Life Member
MCRGO (Michigan Coalition for Responsible Gun Owners)
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Website http://www.hometown.aol.com/htycgary/myhomepage/index.html
Harbour Towne Marina, Muskegon, Michigan Slip C-28
Harbour Towne Yacht Club, Life Member
C400 National Association
United States Power Squadrons-JN
NRA Life Member
MCRGO (Michigan Coalition for Responsible Gun Owners)
JPFO (Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership)