I hate to admit but this young lady is ten times the sailor Zac is
On Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:59:40 -0000, "Mike Coon"
wrote: But perhaps not a real navigator! Else she would be able to explain how a great circle route can be shorter than a "straight line" (whatever straight might mean here). Surely no-one would call a rhumb line "straight"? A straight line would immediately drop below the surface and not come up until reaching the destination. Casady |
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