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On the sea while on the hard - Fred_B - 12-16-2015
Standing on a beach on the East coast of the US is good practice for sights made while on the ocean. Except one big problem- SAND!! It teaches you a new regard for keeping the sextant clean.
Has anyone here made sights over one of the Great Lakes?
Fred
RE: On the sea while on the hard - EdCa - 12-17-2015
(12-16-2015, 05:29 PM)Fred_B Wrote: Standing on a beach on the East coast of the US is good practice for sights made while on the ocean. Except one big problem- SAND!! It teaches you a new regard for keeping the sextant clean.
Has anyone here made sights over one of the Great Lakes?
Fred
Fred, for me it's the opposite- I make sights, when not sailing, between 180 and 359 degrees (ok, 0 too) in California.
Ed