Hi all,
Thanks to Mike and everyone for the kind words and for loading this up as a How To guide.
To Jshad84: It sounds like you have mastered the Dark Art of Drift Alignment with your description of how you lined up Mars and adjusted from there. Take a look at Geoff Smith's excellent How To guide here
Basics of Drift Alignment / Polar Alignment
for more information on this method. You may have already read it if you have become a Drift Alignment Jedi Master!!
This is what I was using after my initial post that Geoff replied to and it is very comprehensive. However, I have been a little impatient as my clear sky time and my brain clarity time have been very limited and I ended up in a dreadful mess so I thought there might be another way.
As Master Yoda once said "Do or do not, there is no try"
and as I had tried and had come to the Do Not stage, I had to find another solution.
Well done J, I am sure your robe and light saber are on their way in the mail.
Cheers
Chris