Transatlantic Passage Day 11, 21 January 2013

Petronella
Mon 21 Jan 2013 21:50
13:57.44N 48:40.83W
Lovely Moonlit night last night, and a sunny
day today with a steady breeze that continues to drive us westwards.
24 hour run was 159nm. Plenty of flying fish around and they appear to be larger
than seen before. Astro Navigation classes started today under Peter's
instruction with sights of the moon and sun taken during the day. and star
sights at dusk. The laborious manual process of reducing the sights to give
position lines on the chart has so far been avoided by the use of an Astro Nav
App on Geoff's Ipad. We know that we should really do it the old fashioned way
too,......may be tomorrow!
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Peter using the sextant to take a moonsight
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