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Summary: A book that must be practiced.
Review: Ok here's the situation, you are in the middle of the atlantic on your sailing boat, a huge wave has just broached you, but the yacht is OK, nothing seriously damaged. However, the electronic navigation equipment is suffering from it's salt water bath and when you dust the cobwebs off your sextant your trusty crewman drops it over the side. You have your almanac, but you can't find a hand compass anywhere. A fog is beginning to come down and you are afraid that you might be drifting into a busy shipping lane. What to do? Well, if you had read this book, and if you were diligent enough to practice the techniques regularly you would still have some fingernails left and instead of spending the night sounding off your foghorn at three minute intervals you could have been sleeping comfortably below in the knowledge that the sextant dropper owed you a night watch.
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Summary: A book that must be practiced.
Review: Ok here's the situation, you are in the middle of the atlantic on your sailing boat, a huge wave has just broached you, but the yacht is OK, nothing seriously damaged. However, the electronic navigation equipment is suffering from it's salt water bath and when you dust the cobwebs off your sextant your trusty crewman drops it over the side. You have your almanac, but you can't find a hand compass anywhere. A fog is beginning to come down and you are afraid that you might be drifting into a busy shipping lane. What to do? Well, if you had read this book, and if you were diligent enough to practice the techniques regularly you would still have some fingernails left and instead of spending the night sounding off your foghorn at three minute intervals you could have been sleeping comfortably below in the knowledge that the sextant dropper owed you a night watch.
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Summary: Well written book about emergency ocean navigation.
Review: This book covers simple and indepth information of all aspects of emergency navigation. The material includes use of celestial observation tools that are hand made, navigation with and without a time piece and use of surrounding weather conditions. This book is very user friendly and a must have for the serious mariners and student of traditional navigation. It must be remembered that batteries will only last so long in the GPS.
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Summary: A page turner in its own right. An initiation to the craft.
Review: This is a highly readable treatise on marine navigation with applicability to all voyages. The topics covered provide real motivation to become a navigator. The techniques developed scream out to be tried as exercises, if only to stay mentally on edge during an otherwise boring watch. Loran, (D)gps, ... even your compass can be zapped by a bolt of lightening. Get mentally prepared. Deep Six the Sunday Times crossword puzzle. Calculate your position with just your ten dollar watch and the Nautical Almanach!
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