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DSK
 
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Default Sun Compass Skills

Gene Kearns wrote:
Here's a quick hint: Sun comes up in the East and goes down in the
West.


Are you sure? Can you give us some references to back up
this assertions?

...Since you didn't specify that you had a chart, why would you
need more accuracy.


Why would one not have charts?
And a coast pilot would be just as useful anyway.


Your example reminds me of a Mayday call the Oak Island Lighthouse got
one evening. The captain of the boat reported that he was lost. The
Coastie manning the radio asked the boater if he could see anything
identifiable. The boater replied that he could only see some coastal
lights and a lighthouse.


It's always about the petty details, aint' it?

DSK