(02-18-2021, 05:48 PM)pabrides Wrote: Pretty good stuff...

A brief sail aboard Star of India with nav processes explained laymen style.

However, although the cross staff was used as shown looking directly into the sun, I don't believe the astrolab or mariners lab was used as indicated with it held high and staring into the sun, but instead the shadow of the sun was used to get altitude info across its paddles....  Am I wrong or right?

I was surprised they did not speak of the Gunter quadrant.

Watch here:       https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Rs81uLXGSBI

(02-19-2021, 03:55 AM)Rumata
Thank you.Yes, it  is entertaining. It  is  just  showing  what  someone needs  to  master to  do  it  at  any conditions.  And of  course nobody  would look directly  at the  sun  like  they  show.  Use backsight.  Anyway, they  showed a  lot  of time-proven tools and to  some general  extend identify methods.  Thanks  to  them.  For  10  min.  video  they jst  did great. Wrote:

(02-18-2021, 05:48 PM)pabrides Wrote: Pretty good stuff...

A brief sail aboard Star of India with nav processes explained laymen style.

However, although the cross staff was used as shown looking directly into the sun, I don't believe the astrolab or mariners lab was used as indicated with it held high and staring into the sun, but instead the shadow of the sun was used to get altitude info across its paddles....  Am I wrong or right?

I was surprised they did not speak of the Gunter quadrant.

Watch here:       https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Rs81uLXGSBI