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Re: What do offshore recreational navigators really do?
From: Susan Johnson
Date: 2005 Jun 6, 09:12 -0700
From: Susan Johnson
Date: 2005 Jun 6, 09:12 -0700
On a trans-atlantic crossing, reliant only upon DR and Celestial for navigation, aboard a 36' sloop, our standard was a morning, a noon-ish, and an afternoon set of shots (weather permitting), using DR and running Fixes for chartwork and log entries. We did take moon and star, sunrise and sunset sights but they were done when we were short a "normal" sun shot or for practice, augmentation, curiosity or to prevent boredom... Our two major landfalls: Maderia and San Salvador, Bahamas were spot on. Within sight of land, we relied on landmarks, ATONs, etc and rarely used celestial LOPs for navigation.
