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Well said Ahmet,
This is what distinguishes between "sea sailors" and "safe harbour" sailors
"hakkin var birader"

Marinated
S/V Thalia
Hamilton

----- Original Message -----
From: "ahmet erkan" 
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Sent: Sunday, October 09, 2005 9:11 PM
Subject: Re: lv-ab: Heaving-to ... thanks for the input


> >Do prove me wrong -  tell me how a GPS can calculate leeway all on its
> >own? VMG yes when you >give it a target - Leeway i think not.
>>
>>regards
>>
>>David
>
>
> I don't remember Brian saying he got his information directly from his
> GPS. He probably recorded his heading, and relative wind speed and
> direction, from his instruments. Estimated the current, and used the GPS
> to get a couple of fixes with time stamps. Someone questioned how he
> plotted accurate vectors in heavy seas, but he probably took the data and
> worked out the results later on. Let's calm down and not rip people's
> jugular veins when they are asking for advice and trying to share their
> experiences.
>
> Thanks
>
> Ahmet
>
>
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