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Lights for Landfall

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 November 2009

J. F. Drijfhout van Hooff  and
Ir. J. C. Sirks
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Abstract

This paper deals with the facilities for landlall that can be provided by lighted aids to navigation. The relationship between the navigational errors of ships approaching from the open sea and the performance to be selected for a landfall light is worked out. The probabilities of a successful landfall in various circumstances are then analysed. Finally the limitations of light as the sole aid to navigation in the process of making a landfall are discussed. Rear Admiral van Hooff was for long head of the Netherlands Pilotage and Lighthouse Service; Ir. Sirks is technical director of the Netherlands Lighthouse Service.

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Research Article
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The Journal of Navigation , Volume 28 , Issue 2 , April 1975 , pp. 168 - 192
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Copyright © The Royal Institute of Navigation 1975

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