10th Feb 2010 Night Navigation Treasure Hunt

Any car will suffice

'suffice' is too big a word, i'm not but a humble engineer, give it to me in numbers. How many people are allowed in the car?

n as n approaches infinity (what sort of an engineer are you?!!)
You can have as many in a car as you can fit – you will probably need all the help you can get.

Message for Keith Slowey:
If you could marshal tomorrow night it would be great. Summerhill Hotel somewhere between 7 - 7.30.
Anybody else who is free around this time would be very welcome.
Thanks.

Hi Ian, Unfortunately I'm in Cork for the rest of the week so will not be able to come down.

[QUOTE] you will probably need all the help you can get.

Is that a dig at me, or the entire field?

Its probably looking like ill be available to help out instead of taking part. I cant secure a car or crew. You think it would be easy for me given my suppeeior intolect.

The Da said he was goin in de 4 X 4 ( should'nt be allowed: cheatin !).

Just sort out who drives and who navigates between ye. Dont you talk any more ?

And there's three experienced navigators in de family !

Tim

Here is a quick quide covering the Basics of Navigation from the Historic Rally Car Register in the UK.. Might be a help to some of us this evening...

Navigation Handbook

	Faulkt1a wrote:
	The Da said he was goin in de 4 X 4 ( should'nt be allowed: cheatin !). Just sort out who drives and who navigates between ye. Dont you talk any more ? And there's three experienced navigators in de family ! Tim

As the old Dublin saying goes......'shudup oud of id'

Thanks to Ian and all involved. It was great craic trying to find our way around the countryside.

Damien P.

Driving is definitely easier than navigating,a very enjoyable evening all the same, Thanks again to Ian and everyone who marshalled , I didn’t get to say hello to some of you ......

TOTALLY Colin Farrell ! ......................................DEADLY BUZZ.

WHAT AN ABSOLUTE BLAST ! It took me two hours to wind down enough to go asleep, after ! ! !

Thanks a million Ian, and his crew of officials.

And an apology , to Ian! Upon reflection I was late into TP 3. We were stuck behind Damien Doran for a while and , despite an acquaintanceship dating back 47 ! ! years, Eoin resisted the Faulkner influence to be impolite and put pressure on to pass. Not at all like Trevor.

I dont know how the winners gained the two penalties ( seconds ?) advantage over us into the last control but well done to them both. I think I was matching mileage tenths to seconds rather than seconds to road. Put that down to experience !
And the evening also shows I need to get more precise with the plotting.

The plotting was the hard part: thanks to Nikki D and Ray ( Trevor's nav) for resolving a couple of errors in the route marking. But plenty of different types of route instructions to learn with.

Out in car was great: no mal de nav: no rows. But God ! the road back from Glencree was rough in the dark : wasn't half as bad when we were out practising on Sunday in the daylight ! !

Does everyone else not keep a scribble sheet with your cumulative distance /time at the speeds ? ? Or how do ye do it ?

Roll on the Irish Classic ! Have to get into negotiations for a seat !

Thanks again Ian & the crew !

Tim

Hold on now Tim, dont start blamin me Razz

Well done though, great result.

Thanks to Ian and co for all their hard work.

Thanks to Ian and all involved in putting it together,
Some of those roads were great craic especially in the dark!

Cheers,
Dan