I could watch this guy explain how a shoe lace works. I'm sure his galley smells of scotch, leather and rich mahogany.
@airflydronesolutions2852
4 жыл бұрын
I've drunk scotch with Tom on a boat - was a great night with great entertainment. Tom has a great voice for singing sea shanties! :-)
@anthonycontares1140
5 жыл бұрын
Tom Cunliffe you are the man... Thankyou for the lesson on how the sextant works. You make learning easy.
@TheSlobadob
13 жыл бұрын
Thanks very much Tom - loved the casual explaination and story.
@RDYS
10 жыл бұрын
I hate it when I learn something and enjoy it all at a time. Thanks.
@nativenomad7021
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you Captain for your 🔥 presentation. Much respect.
@ketansinhjirajputsisodiyar7407
4 жыл бұрын
Can send ur num
@visionarycomposting3100
10 жыл бұрын
there is no finer man of the sea
@caznden
11 жыл бұрын
very helpful, I picked up a few more clues, Thanks Tom.
@filmkonnex
12 жыл бұрын
simply wonderful explanation!
@leskomajko
8 жыл бұрын
You throw batterys in to the Atlantic sea?!?! nice...
@preciousogar6282
7 жыл бұрын
No such thing as the Atlantic sea. It's the Atlantic ocean.
@simonpurvis8263
3 жыл бұрын
The Alan Partridge of the sea…
@davidclarke7728
5 жыл бұрын
Never new it was that simple
@c6rocks
11 жыл бұрын
Spoken like a true professor. A good one at that :)
@l33trich1
8 жыл бұрын
This guy is amazing
@radbcc
13 жыл бұрын
Good one Tom
@davereppert1408
11 жыл бұрын
Would elevation above sea level throw off the exact latitude? In other words, on land.
@danhaas
7 жыл бұрын
Yes, but you can make a correction for that. In fact and in practice, that is what is always done. Even if you're on a small sailboat, your eye (and the sextant) might be, say, nine feet above sea level. You need to measure that in port on a calm day with a regular old tape measure. The correction for that will be part of your computations. And so after three years, you have your answer. :)
@mickey1299
6 жыл бұрын
Whoa really good information there too , my friend . Thank you .
@MooonrakerCom
8 жыл бұрын
Hello Mr Cunliffe,,,,,,,jim wyatt , southampton. I have a question If i am on a vessel in the middle of nowhere and all i have is accurate time, ie GMT and a sextant with pencil and paper,,,with nothing else at all in the way of almanacs and tables etc. Is there any information i can glean from the equipment at hand and how do i get it.
@karhukivi
5 жыл бұрын
Hello Jim, maybe 3 years too late for your question but with no almanacs or tables you have two possibilities: (1) You can shoot the pole star (N. hemisphere) and get your latitude (= angle from horizon) without any corrections at all. One minute of arc will be about 1 nm as one degree = 60 nautical miles. (2) You can do a series of sun shots before and after noon, say one every five minutes to get the maximum at noon, this will give you your longitude and and approx. latitude, as you need the so-called equation of time table to get it more precisely. This could give you a position to within 10 nm - enough to see land on a clear day.
@luceroj1
11 жыл бұрын
So we have a "fix", how do we use that to navagate. Land lubber!
@shosho133
11 жыл бұрын
very big mistake to catch the sextant by right hand !!
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