Definition
All dead reckoning problems reduce to one triangle whose sides are the water track, the tidal stream vector and the ground track. Any two known sides determine the third. Constructed for the EP, the tide vector is added to the end of the water track; constructed for course to steer, the tide vector is laid first from the start position. All three vectors must cover the same time period, and all directions must be in degrees true.
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