Celestial Navigation
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About this book
Celestial navigation is the one of the oldest of the mariners arts - and one of the most awe-inspiring. To guide a small boat across the trackless oceans using only a simple measuring device - the sextant - and the knowledge of the sun moon and stars is a skill that borders on the magical. In these pages Tom Cuncliffe shows how to master the art in easy stages. Starting from a sound foundation of basic concepts and definitions he moves on to the hardware: the sextant and how to use it. within a few pages he has you down on the beach shooting the sun. From there it is a short step to working out your latitude from a noon sight and learning how to plot a position from observation of the sun planets moon or stars - wherever you may be on the worlds oceans. "He writes with the authority of a man who knows that his methods work in the most testing of all examination rooms a small boat sailing on the open ocean." Bill Anderson Formerly Rya Training manager
