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Let me preface my response by saying that I am a beginner at all this. I 
purchased a couple of sextants recently and am just starting to learn the 
techniques. I have a general interest in astronav and its history, as well as 
an intention to put it to future use in a sailboat.
Lee Martin
> ******************************************
> Navigation-L Survey
>
> a) Dead Reckoning
>
>         What is the method used most?
>
>     Mid-Latitude-----:Yes, to the extent that I have played around with theoretical problems
>     Mercator Sailing-:
>     Rhumb Line-------:
>     Other(Name?)-----:
>
>
> b) Sight Reduction
>
>         Which is your primary Sight reduction method?
>
>     Computer Program(Name?)--------:Navigator Lite
>     Calculator(Name?)--------------:Looking at HP-48G+ or GX
>     Short Navigation Tables,
>         H.O. 211 etc.(Name?)-------:
>     Standard Navigation Tables,
>         229, 214 etc.(Name?)-------:
>     Other(Name?)-------------------:
>
> c) Plotting
>
>    How do you do your plotting?
>
>     Computer Program(Name?)---:Own
>     Universal Plotting Sheets-:yes, produced using Graph Paper Printer 
(really handy piece of software!)
>     Manoeuvring Board---------:USN, as well as above
>     Radar Plotting Sheets-----:
>     Home Made(Describe)-------:
>
> d) Navigation Manuals
>
>    Name your main reference manual:
>
>         Bowditch 1995 Ed.------------------:Yes
>         Bowditch (pre-1995)----------------:1938
>         Mixter (Primer of Navigation)------:
>         Chapman's--------------------------:Yes
>         Celestial Navigation for Yachtsman-:Yes
>         Shute----------------------------------:
>         Shirk----------------------------------:
>         Porter---------------------------------:
>         Hemenway-------------------------------:
           And Dutton's
>
>     Name a manual/book that helped you the most:
>
>         W.F. Buckley @ Airborne/Video----------:
>         Le Cours des Glenans-------------------:
>         Bowditch-1995--------------------------:Yes, perhaps mainly because 
I got to it first. All of the above that I have ticked have been useful and 
informative in some way. Blewitt is good for a quick intro. Bowditch is the 
main reference.
>         Practical Celestial Navigation(HO 229)-:
>         Self-Contained Celestial Navigation----:
>         Mariner's Celestial Navigation---------:
>         Navigation Afloat----------------------:
>         Cruising Under Sail (E. Hiscock)-------:
>         Shute----------------------------------:
>         Shirk----------------------------------:
>         Porter---------------------------------:
>         Hemenway-------------------------------:
>         Mixter---------------------------------:
>
>
>
> e) Do you use the Nautical Almanac?
>
>         Commercial-----------:
>         USNO-----------------:
>         Self-design Software-:
>         Computer-------------:Navigator Lite, and Home Planet (can be used as an almanac, of sorts)
>         USNO Web Site--------:
>
>
>
> Dan Hogan
> dhhogan@verionmail.com

   

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