distance made good - The distance traveled after correction for current, leeway and other errors that may not have been included in the original distance measurement.
Added to the name of a compass cardinal point to indicate distance made good in a direction. Easting is distance made good to the east.
initial stability
See stability.
The distance read from a log can be affected by currents, leeway and other factors, so those distances are sometimes corrected to a distance made good.
 See also: Current, Light, Leeway, Navigation, Running
  
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