Don--O

Might be greater but not as constant (G)

You're right Buddy, On my first reply I mentioned most of the thing that
would affect DRIFT but I threw in an Etc to not let the Cat out of the
bag.

Let's remember, Bart asked FOR THE NAME of the vector, not what caused
it.
Wally called it Leeway. Not wrong but incomplete. You called it Tidal
Drift (I think) Not wrong but again incomplete

Hey guys, the biggest Navi. Goof in history was made because of the
Global Curve. Chris Columbus thought he was in China because he had no
idea how much larger the Earth was at the equator. His distance for a
degree in nautical miles was half the distance in Europe than at the
middle.

He was just lucky as hell he found land by degrees where he did. He
thought that he had covered the unknown piece of the globe with his
"Chip Log" He assumed the World was round but the unknown was the rest
off the shape. That was still a question mark.

Ole Thom

answer: a resultant
Scout

"Bart Senior" wrote in message
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You sail directly East for 14 hours,
then South for 14 hours,
and then West for 14 hours,
and then North again for 14 hours.

Now if you draw a vector between your starting
position and your final position. What would you
call that vector?