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Rhumb Line is a sailing race game from Newport to Tortola. This game comes in a tube measuring 20" long with diameter of 2 1/2" and uses a laminated map for a playing surface. The object is to race from Newport, Rhode Island to Tortola, British Virgin Islands.
Rhumb Line ... 2-player abstract strategy game of observation, placement (nuggets) and accumulation (points). Players take it in turns placing their nuggets, on the empty board, to form point-winning rhumb lines.
Rhumb Line is a two-player abstract strategy board game by Martin H. Samuel, played with glass pieces on mousepad-type material, using placement and point accumulation to win. The game board and instructions have a nautical theme, based in part on the concept of the rhumb line and historic games played by sailors.
Question about using the Rhumb line method. I understand using the rhumb line method is great for long trips even if it takes longer to arrive at your destination apposed to using the great circle route which the game uses for shortest distance to your destination.
I'll use spherical coordinates ( θ = longitude, ϕ = latitude, all angles measured in radians) on a sphere of radius R. Mercator projection maps (θ, ϕ) to θ, ln(tan(ϕ / 2 + π / 4)), and a rhumb line on the sphere corresponds to a straight line on the Mercator projection.
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In navigation, a rhumb line, rhumb (/rʌm/), or loxodrome is an arc crossing all meridians of longitude at the same angle, that is, a path with constant bearing as measured relative to true north.
