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Short distance sailing is a term which is applied to sailing along a rhumb-line for distances less than 600 nautical miles. From the formulas derived above, the following are used extensively in short distance sailing:
In navigation, a rhumb line, rhumb (/ r ʌ m /), 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.
Using two different examples, this video shows how to calculate the course and distance between two positions; and how to calculate the position arrived if d...
The initial rhumb line course equals the orthodromic course at the middle latitude. The rule is mnemonic and straightforward for practical navigation.
The rhumb line connecting any two points of the great circle on the same side of the equator is a chord of the curve. If the two points are on op-posite sides of the equator, the direction of curvature of the great circle relative to the rhumb line changes at the equa-tor. The rhumb line and great circle may intersect each
The formulas for determining a ship’s dead-reckoned position, given an initial known location, the vessel’s course and speed, and the time elapsed, are referred to as the sailing formulas....
20 cze 2024 · In this paper, equations are established to solve problems of Rhumb Line Sailing (RLS) on an oblate spheroid. Solutions are provided for both the inverse problem and the direct problem, thereby providing a complete solution to RLS.
