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Re: Silicon Beach Proposal
From: Rodney Myrvaagnes
Date: 2004 Feb 22, 00:31 -0500
From: Rodney Myrvaagnes
Date: 2004 Feb 22, 00:31 -0500
On Sat, 21 Feb 2004 20:36:28 -0500, Renee Mattie wrote: >Sounds like a lovely idea. Most beaches are >made of silica, of course... When are your exams? >Are you looking for data from a beginner with a >Davis Mark III sextant and a saucer of water? > >With the weather warming up, I will be trying >Some more sun sights. If I go out and get myself >a reflective something and some leveling screws, >I will take my first twilight shots -- Since I sail >on the Chesapeake, I have never had a REAL horizon >to use. Oh, but you have. Check the horizon distance for your height of eye on the beach. It may well be short of the land you see. I could take noon sights from Battery Park looking toward Staten Island. Even standing on the wall the horizon is less than 4 miles away. I cn see the pilings at the St. George Ferry terminal, but I can't see them where they meet the water. Rodney Myrvaagnes J36 Gjo/a Are "our" faith-based terrorists better than "their" faith-based terrorists?