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Thursday, 20 November 2008

Day Skipper - Part 5 - A radar fix

If you don't have much success with a hand bearing compass but have a radar, try taking the ranges of three points from the radar screen. These can be plotted with a pair of compasses by drawing a position line with an arrow on each end of the line to indicate a range rather than a bearing.

It is easy to obtain a good fix with three or more radar ranges.


 

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