Celestial Navigation
3rd Edition
Published on 13. August 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
80 pages
978-0-470-66633-3 (ISBN)
Description
Guiding a craft using one of the oldest of the mariner's
arts-celestial navigation
As romantic-sounding as sailing to Tahiti did centuries ago, using the sun, moon, planets, and stars to guide one's boat on the seas is enjoying a comeback. For those who do not wish to be caught short when modern technology fails on board, knowing how to chart a path with the aid of a sextant is an essential navigating skill. In Celestial Navigation, veteran yachtsman, Tom Cunliffe, reveals how any boat owner can master this seafaring technique, without complex mathematics, using his simplified approach. Readers begin with a sound foundation of basic concepts and definitions, before moving on to the hardware-the sextant and how to use it. Within a few pages, you'll be working out your latitude from a noon sight, and learning how to plot a position from observing the sun, planets, moon or stars-or wherever you may be on the world's oceans.
* Helps readers prepare for the RYA Yachtsmaster Ocean Exam, which includes celestial navigation as a requirement
* Includes clear diagrams and worked examples to help guide the novice navigator
* New edition has downloadable material, a new chapter on electronic navigation as well as the bonus feature of online video demonstrations
Whether setting out to sea on a short or long journey, Celestial Navigation is an essential guide to using the sun, moon, planets, and stars as your guideposts home.
Reviews / Votes
' Tom's warm and humorous writing style makes the book easy to digest, while still explaining the subject in detail.' (Yachting Monthly, November 2010). "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)More details
Edition
3., Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Fernhurst Books Limited
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 238 mm
Width: 169 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
208 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-470-66633-3 (9780470666333)
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Tom Cunliffe
Celestial Navigation, 3rd, Revised and Updated Edition
Learn How to Master One of the Oldest Mariner's Arts
E-Book
02/2012
3rd Edition
Wiley
€11.51
Available for download
Person
Tom Cunliffe is Britain's leading sailing writer. He is a worldwide authority on sailing instruction and an expert on traditional sailing craft. He learned his sextant skills during numerous ocean passages, many of which in simple boats without engines or electronics, and voyaged to both sides of the Atlantic from Brazil to Iceland and from the Caribbean to Russia. He has cruised the coast of America and Canada and logged thousands of miles exploring both sides of the English Channel.Tom's nautical career has seen him serve as mate on a merchant ship, captain on gentleman's yachts and skipper of racing craft. His private passion is classic sailing boats and he has owned a series of traditional gaff-rigged vessels that have taken him and his family on countless adventures from tropical rainforests to frozen fjords.Tom has been a Yachtmaster Examiner since 1978 and has a gift for sharing his knowledge with good humour and an endless supply of tales of the sea.He also writes for Yachting Monthly, Yachting World and SAIL magazines, and wrote and presented the BBC TV series, The Boats That Built Britain.
Content
Introduction.
1 The Earth and the Heavens.
2 The Sextant.
3 The Noon Sight for Latitude.
4 Time.
5 Position Lines and Plotting.
6 Sun Sights.
7 The Planets.
8 The Moon.
9 The Stars.
10 Polaris - the Pole Star.
11 Compass Checking on the Ocean.
12 The Shortest Way.