Noon 23:35.5N 017:47.2W
Bellone
Fri 21 Oct 2022 10:13
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Noon is traditionally an important time on a boat as the
sun is either directly overhead or nearly so, and then it starts it's descent
towards evening and sunset. When the sun is directly overhead it's bearing will
be either north or south, and the position line from a sextant bearing will
always lie in a east-west plane, or a latitude, which is the easiest sun sight
to calculate. From this a fix is calculated and the previous days run, average
speed, and ETAs can be calculated.
Fortunately for us all this information is conveniently
on our electronic plotter
 Ian and I had a very healthy stew last night followed by
Tuc biscuits with cheese and pickled onions. We've had three days of 'corkscrew'
motion now and it's beginning to be a bit tiresome. But the sun is shinning and
it's very warm!
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