MT-OOW3000Y-L4.6

Intercepts, position lines and compass error

MT-OOW3000Y-M4 · Passage Planning and Celestial Navigation · MT-OOW3000Y-M4-A Appraisal to execution, tides and streams, sailings and wheel-over, then the sextant, the almanac and the celestial fix.

The Marcq St Hilaire intercept turns any sight into a position line. The same almanac data give **azimuths and amplitudes to check the compass**, which the framework names outright.

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