How To Calculate Compass Error by Azimuth of the Sun
Thursday, April 28th, 2016 at 20:01 | by Alistair BaillieA short video where I explain how to calculate a ships Gyro or Magnetic compass error from a bearing of the Sun by calculating the direction (or azimuth) of the Sun.
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NOTE: This video makes use of selected pages from the British Admiralty Nautical Almanac (Admiralty Publication NP314). The example uses the 2016 version of the publication so if you’re doing the calculation for a different year the numbers won’t be the same.