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The grapevine suggests that the Organisers of the Experts Trial Re-Visited may be presenting navigators with Strip Charts or Stick Maps to define the route.
Stick charts are interesting navigational tests and a nice diversion from plotting and scaling. And, they’re straightforward – once you understand the rules. This document will help:
Continue reading Stick Map Definitions
We recently tripped over these lecture notes from Roger Bonhomme’s Rally Navigation School thanks to a donation to the HRA Archive by Ron Gottschalk.
Roger’s Rally Navigation School was held over three February evenings in 1972 at Monash Uni’s Alexander Theatre – to an audience of hundreds. At a massive cost of $2.00 per head…
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Originally published with the Supp Regs for the 2022 Experts Trial Re-Visited Navigational Tour
The first Experts Trial was run in July 1947. It was the brainchild of Alan Watkin, an experienced trials competitor who suggested to anyone who was interested “that a really hard trial should be staged”. He was as good as his word and started a traditional event that became the Experts Trial and has always challenged competitors to the full. Those who entered Experts Trials expected no mercy from the Director and received none.
Continue reading The Experts Trial – Tough in the Old Days