cale, we can measure the dis-tance between the vessels position c and the tree a.A chart is not needed for the above method of cal-culating ones distance. A sheet of paper with acompass design sketched on it is all that is neces-sary. The following is a very easy method of calculat-ing the distance… … As the vessels sails on this angle will increaseuntil at last it is doubled. The vessels distance from the object willthen equal the distanceshe has traveled sincethe first bearings weretaken. Fig. 49 willmake this methodclear, a is the objectg ^ - on shore, c and b the position of the vessel^^^^…
Yachts and yachting · Sailing
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