On Apr 4, 6:54 pm, Wayne.B wrote:
On Wed, 4 Apr 2007 18:15:34 -0500, "KLC Lewis"
wrote:

Even if they don't carry, or know how to use, a sextant. Right? ;-)

There's a lot in there other than celestial.

Indeed Wayne, it's one of my treasured items passed down in the
family.
And if you want to learn celestial, you will not find a better
publication.

As I said, and KLC shows, any sailor worth his salt has a copy of
bowditch aboard.

Joe

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On Apr 4, 6:54 pm, Wayne.B wrote:
On Wed, 4 Apr 2007 18:15:34 -0500, "KLC Lewis"
wrote:

Even if they don't carry, or know how to use, a sextant. Right? ;-)

There's a lot in there other than celestial.

Indeed Wayne, it's one of my treasured items passed down in the
family.
And if you want to learn celestial, you will not find a better
publication.

As I said, and KLC shows, any sailor worth his salt has a copy of
bowditch aboard.

Joe


Ain't much salt in the Great Lakes. But I also didn't say that I didn't have
a copy, did I? Cute dig, though.

On Apr 4, 8:12 pm, "KLC Lewis" wrote:
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On Apr 4, 6:54 pm, Wayne.B wrote:
On Wed, 4 Apr 2007 18:15:34 -0500, "KLC Lewis"
wrote:

Even if they don't carry, or know how to use, a sextant. Right? ;-)

There's a lot in there other than celestial.

Indeed Wayne, it's one of my treasured items passed down in the
family.
And if you want to learn celestial, you will not find a better
publication.

As I said, and KLC shows, any sailor worth his salt has a copy of
bowditch aboard.

Joe

Ain't much salt in the Great Lakes.

Not much sailing either since you are frozen in half the year...sorry
to hear it.
But the saying " Worth his salt" refers to the amount of salt in your
body, not the amount of salt in your local lake.

But I also didn't say that I didn't have
a copy, did I?

If you did have a copy... you would have known of all the other great
subjects Bowditch covers besides celestial navigation.
Unless you never read it, you would see it value beyond using a
sextant.

Joe

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But the saying " Worth his salt" refers to the amount of salt in your
body, not the amount of salt in your local lake.



That's incorrect. It refers to whether you are worth being paid, your
salt being your salary in the Roman legion. Of course, if you're an old
salt, that's another matter. :)

On 4 Apr 2007 17:05:26 -0700, wrote:

Indeed Wayne, it's one of my treasured items passed down in the
family.

I bought my copy back in the 70s when an RDF was a hi tech navigation
device. Duttons also.