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  2. From: bwehr@eccdb1.pms.ford.com (M. Bruce Wehr)
  3. Newsgroups: alt.great-lakes
  4. Subject: Re: Edmund Fitzgerald: (Final Voyage)
  5. Date: 19 Nov 1992 19:31:15 GMT
  6. Organization: Ford Motor Co.
  7. Lines: 17
  8. Message-ID: <1egq23INN1hc@ef2007.efhd.ford.com>
  9. References: <SCG=BzB@engin.umich.edu>
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  13.  
  14. Bob Topping (thumper@engin.umich.edu) wrote:
  15. : with a northwesterly heading.  0700, she cleared Isle Royale, coming about
  16.               ^^^^
  17. : from northwest to westerly.  By 1300, sailing south-southwest, passing
  18.             ^^^^    ^^^^                                   ^^^^
  19.  
  20.     Forgive my questioning, but shouldn't these references be
  21.     "east?" I'm not trying to be sarcastic - I'm honestly curious.
  22.     I don't have a map handy to check it out - these statements
  23.     could very well be accurate. They just don't agree with my
  24.     intuitive expectations.
  25.  
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