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Re: Yet again still on LOPs
From: Peter Fogg
Date: 2002 May 5, 04:31 +1000
From: Peter Fogg
Date: 2002 May 5, 04:31 +1000
Dov Kruger wrote: > The problem with this logic is that you are probably using additional > information to supplement your reading. If you always shoot your > position from the same spot, you "know" the answer and may keep fiddling > with the sextant until you get a reading that "makes sense." For > example, if you get a LOP that is in the water, I suspect you do it > again. At the time we are flat out busy (as is generally the case with dawn and dusk sights) just recording the raw data that we take away from that windy and often cold place to be reduced later. Ideally we would repair to the local hostelry there to pore over our figures, but in practice we drink beer instead! It would take better minds than we possess to 'fudge' our raw data to give us the results we are looking for. Again, I would invite you all to try it for yourselves, just theorizing about how it 'might' work or not is of limited value. And let us know your results ...