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What are types of Sailing for Navigation of ships?

Composite Sailing

When the great circle would carry a vessel to a higher latitude than desired, a modification of great circle sailing called composite sailing may be used to good advantage.

The composite track consists of a great circle from the point of departure and tangent to the limiting parallel, a course line along the parallel, and a great circle tangent to thelimiting parallel and through the destination.

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