Great Circle Sailing
PN
Co. Lat of v
90° (p.v) PN
vertex
270° 090°
Lat of 'v'
Co. crossing
A Initial Final
Equator course course
C B
Initial co & Final co same Qurd 'v' Outside
Initial co & Final co diff Qurd 'v' inside
Co crossing equator = PV (or) 090° - Lat of 'v'
Long crossing equator = Long of 'v' + 90°
PN
V B
A A
B
V
PS
Elevated Pole "N" (name of maxi Lat) Lat of A = 15° N
PA = 90° - Lat A (same name) Lat of B = 30° S
PB = 90° - Lat B Elevated Pole "S"
A = initial course PA = 90° + Lat of "A" (Diff)
B = Final course PB = 90° - Lat of "B" (same name)
AB = Distance of AB
D Long AB
'A' Lat Long PA = 90°+ Lat A
'B' Lat Long PB = 90°+ Lat B
DLong Elevated Pole (max :Lat)
PN
PN
V B
V B
A
A
To Find Distance
cosAB= cos D. Long sin PA sin PB + cos PA cos PB
AB = Degree
G.C dist= AB x 60' = Miles
To Find initial course
cos PB−cos PA cos AB
cos A =
sin PA sin AB
A = Elevated Pole's name Type equation here. D.Long Name
To Find Final course
cos PA−cos PB cos AB
cosB =
sin PB sin AB
B = Diff elevated Pole's name D.Long Name
To Find Lat of vertex
cos ′v ′ Lat = cos Lat A sin A
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cos ′v ′ Lat = cos Lat B sin B
To Find Long: of vertex
Tan Lat A
cosAPV =
Tan v.Lat
Long of "v" = Long of A + APV
(or)
Tan Lat B
cosBPV =
Tan v.Lat
Long of "v" = Long of B+ BPV PN
To Find Way Point Lat
Tan Lat WP = Tan 'v' Lat cosD.Long
(Elevated Pole's name)
B
Lat70°𝑊
Req: Long 90°𝑊 80W 70°𝑊 V
Lat80°𝑊
Long of "v" 53°𝑊 53°𝑊 53°𝑊 53°𝑊
Lat90°𝑊
D.Long 37°E 27°E 17°E
cosco = sin 'v' Lat sin 'D' Long
A
93°𝑊
Composite Great Circle.
D.Long
Max: Lat
V1 V2
A B
'A' Lat Long
'B' Lat Long
DLong Elevated Pole (max :Lat)
Initial Course, Final Course,
cos Max Lat cos Max Lat
sin A = sin B =
cos Lat ′A′ cos Lat ′B′
A = EP name---------------D’Long Name B =Opp EP name----------D’Long
Tan Lat A Tan Lat B
cos D.Long (AV1) = cos D.Long (BV2) =
Tan Max:Lat Tan Max:Lat
D.Long (V1V2) = D.Long AB – (AV1+BV2)
To Find Distance
sin Lat A sin 𝐿𝑎𝑡 𝐵
cosDist (AV1) = cosDist (BV2) =
sin Max:Lat sin Max:Lat
Dist (V1V2) = D.Long V1V2xcos Max: Lat.
Dist (AB) = AV1+ BV2+ V1V2
Long of vertex (V1) = Long of 'A' + D.Long AV1
Long of vertex (V2) = Long of 'B' + D.Long BV2
Tan Req: Lat = cosD.Long x Tan 'V'. Lat
