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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 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.
To answer your question then, the rhumb line is irrelevant after the last R waypoint - you're just heading straight home at that stage, so set your heading towards the airport as soon as you're cleared for it.
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. Not using the rhumb line requires course adjusting, especially between the R00 points.
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.
If using the Great Circle site click the "show lat/long" to get the coordinates for your destination. Put that into the Destination Point column on the rhumb site, then click Calculate, and you'll see the bearing you need to follow.
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