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At 09:58 PM 12/2/01, Eric Haberfellner  wrote in
response to my call for help; and this is a request for further clarification.

>I asked:
> >Is compass course the compass track between present position and
>destination?

Eric responded - in part:

>Compass course is the course you see on your compass with no correction for
>deviation or variation.


This sounds like what I think of as a "heading".
It accounts for the current set - so if you started with a true initial
direction to the destination, and did a triangle of current speed and
direction, and desired track at the vessels speed through the water, the
third  side of the triangle would be the vessel's effective speed and true
track made good, then corrected for variation and deviation to arrive at
compass heading.
This "compass heading";   is this called the compass course??

Thanks again for the helpful tips.

Brian W


Brian Whatcott
   Altus OK                      Eureka!

   

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