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On Sun, 30 Jun 2024 12:50:30 +0700, John B. <slocombjb@gmail.com>
wrote:

>On Sat, 29 Jun 2024 18:25:19 -0700, Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com>
>wrote:
>
>>On Sat, 29 Jun 2024 23:26:05 GMT, Tom Kunich <cyclintom@yahoo.com>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>(Youngstown is spending $17 million a year which represents 
>>>the attendance of more than 400 students completing a 4 year degree)
>>
>>Geee... I wish I could magically pull numbers out of my hat just like
>>you can.  It's so much easier than looking up the numbers and doing
>>the math.  Anyway, all your numbers are wrong (as usual).
>>
>>Youngstown State University has 10,580 students:
>><https://ysu.edu/about-ysu>
>>
>>About 1,800 students graduate each year.
>><https://ysu.edu/news/student-feature-ysu-grads-reflecting-their-accomplishments-embarking-their-next-steps>
>>
>>The annual budget is $171 million for 2023.  2024 is expected to be
>>$174.5 million.
>><https://ysu.edu/sites/default/files/Budget_Planning/Budget_Planning_Home/Budget%20Doc_FY23.pdf>
>>
>>Tom.  Did you ever find your degree in "navigation"?  I posted mine,
>>but you seem to have forgotten to reciprocate.
>>
>>02/09/2021
>>Degree in navigation from Chabot College in Hayward, CA.
>><https://groups.google.com/g/rec.bicycles.tech/c/_Y1MbXuzvNo/m/o6omSxsfAgAJ>
>>general education - Degree in navigation
>>"Tality requested I get a BA so that they could promote me to
>>department manager"
>
>All this hoopla about navigation seem rather over whelming. Tom has
>mentioned sailing only in the bay where you can see where you want to
>get to and "navigation" is, in any event,  a sometimes thing in
>sailing boats where you can only go where the wind sends you.
>
>And, I might add, Yes, I have crewed on a yacht sailing in the  King's
>Cup Regatta. one of the more famous yacht races in the world, and I do
>know what I'm talking about. (Unlike Tom)

A sailboat can sail (close hauled) 45 degrees or so away from directly
into the wind, and thus can travel in the exact opposite direction of
the wind by tacking.