Boater's Bowditch: The Small Craft American Practical Navigator

Boater's Bowditch: The Small Craft American Practical Navigator by Hubbard, Richard Keith. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780071361361.

Emphasizing the visual and graphic techniques of navigation, Boaters Bowditch is a small-boat adaptation of the worlds most trusted navigation reference, the U.S. governments American Practical Navigator ("Bowditch" for short). Now in handy paperback with hundreds of new diagrams and photographs, including a 16-page color insert, this book is a pleasure to use. It covers piloting, celestial navigation, marine weather, and all modern methods of electronic navigation, such as GPS and electronic charts. The Boaters Bowditch is an indispensable resource for beginning and advanced navigators, whether in sail- or powerboats, inshore or offshore.