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orangewhale · 07-01-07, 11:10 AM

I did read vanjasts realnav readme 2 and i understand the first step in which you plot a 'course' to get your heading then work out ETA so you know that you'll end up 'there' in said amount of time if your on the right heading. thats pretty clear to me, worked that out no probs first time. Now, i have found polaris as im currently sailing in the northern hemisphere how do i take a reading with the sextant? from the readme i got that you line up the bar so that it fits the top to bottom edges of the screen correct? but what do the numbers mean. Do I measure the bottom of the sextant from the horizon to the star i want if so how do i take a reading and what will i get long and lat?, my questions about the sextant are endless but i'll leave it at that basically i don't have any solid idea of how it actually works

07-01-07, 11:10 AM	#3
orangewhale Loader Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Da Bushland Posts: 82 Downloads: 347 Uploads: 0	still stuck on sextant I did read vanjasts realnav readme 2 and i understand the first step in which you plot a 'course' to get your heading then work out ETA so you know that you'll end up 'there' in said amount of time if your on the right heading. thats pretty clear to me, worked that out no probs first time. Now, i have found polaris as im currently sailing in the northern hemisphere how do i take a reading with the sextant? from the readme i got that you line up the bar so that it fits the top to bottom edges of the screen correct? but what do the numbers mean. Do I measure the bottom of the sextant from the horizon to the star i want if so how do i take a reading and what will i get long and lat?, my questions about the sextant are endless but i'll leave it at that basically i don't have any solid idea of how it actually works __________________ U-boat special cocktail! envious?