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Celestial Navigation Made Easy: Using a Pocket Calculator
Celestial navigation has never been easier.
The modern mariner can be too modern for his own good, particularly when he's a thousand miles offshore and his expensive electronic navigation systems are disabled by lightning. That's where CELESTIAL NAVIGATION MADE EASY comes in.
Beginning with a brief outline of the solar system, the longtime blue-water sailor Francois Meyrier provides a step-by-step guide to finding your position on the ocean, both with and without a pocket calculator. Meyrier's ingenious method calls for only elementary math, so there is no need for lengthy sight reductions. Clear, carefully drawn illustrations will help orient novices, and provide a crucial brush-up for old salts. Chapters cover the sextant, weather, longitude and latitude, basic trigonometry, azimuth, meridian, troubleshooting, exercises and answers, and a chart of star locations.
No sailor should be without CELESTIAL NAVIGATION MADE EASY.
The modern mariner can be too modern for his own good, particularly when he's a thousand miles offshore and his expensive electronic navigation systems are disabled by lightning. That's where CELESTIAL NAVIGATION MADE EASY comes in.
Beginning with a brief outline of the solar system, the longtime blue-water sailor Francois Meyrier provides a step-by-step guide to finding your position on the ocean, both with and without a pocket calculator. Meyrier's ingenious method calls for only elementary math, so there is no need for lengthy sight reductions. Clear, carefully drawn illustrations will help orient novices, and provide a crucial brush-up for old salts. Chapters cover the sextant, weather, longitude and latitude, basic trigonometry, azimuth, meridian, troubleshooting, exercises and answers, and a chart of star locations.
No sailor should be without CELESTIAL NAVIGATION MADE EASY.
128 pages, Paperback
First published November 1, 2003
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September 3, 2015
In the age of GPS, navigation techniques have fallen by the wayside. This book is a great text to have... for reference, for execution. The charts are easy to follow, and the colorful diagrams explain techniques that mankind has used for centuries to travel the sea.
Short read, low price... if you're an explorer or adventurer (or just plain curious), get this book!
Short read, low price... if you're an explorer or adventurer (or just plain curious), get this book!
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