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Flying Pig Float Plan
Jere Lull wrote:
On 2008-10-04 16:13:03 -0400, Marty said:
wrote:
Now that I look at what happened, and where he is now, I have
concluded that the backtracking represents Lydia's watch!
Looking at his present course and position, he would seem to trying to
pass just west of buoy "QR", some 12 mi. or so ESE of Cape Hatteras,
he's about 12 mi. NNE of that. The NOAA weather buoy at Diamond Shoals
shows wind at 6kts from the north, so I suspect he's getting some
assistance from the iron jenny.
The one thing I can't do is figure out how far they've moved -- too lazy
to do the math.
Anyone know an easy way to estimate distances within SPOT?
When he's going pretty much due south, just look at the latitude numbers
for two coordinates an hour apart, they're in decimal degrees and you
can figure a tenth of degree is about 6 miles, close enough for
government work.
Cheers
Marty
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