Simplified Celestial Navigation
Author | : P. V. H. Weems |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 94 |
Release | : 2011-06-01 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781258039653 |
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Author | : P. V. H. Weems |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 94 |
Release | : 2011-06-01 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781258039653 |
Author | : Philip Van Horn Weems |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 104 |
Release | : 1940 |
Genre | : Nautical astronomy |
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Author | : Gene Grossman |
Publisher | : CreateSpace |
Total Pages | : 196 |
Release | : 2009-12 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 9781449938710 |
This book is ground breaking not because of what it has, but what it doesn't have: No complicated drawings; no mathematics problems; no astronomical talk; no big words you've never heard of. Sailor-author Gene Grossman finally breaks this wonderful subject down into plain English and explains it in such a way that you will no longer have any excuse to claim that you know nothing about the valuable boater's subject of Celestial Navigation. This book was inspired by Gene's DVD program of the same title, which has gained worldwide popularity and is being used the the Navy, Coast Guard and sailing schools all over the world.
Author | : Frances Woodworth Wright |
Publisher | : Cornell Maritime Press/Tidewater Publishers |
Total Pages | : 168 |
Release | : 1969 |
Genre | : Science |
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Author | : Phil Somerville |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 318 |
Release | : 2021-10-14 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 1472987594 |
THIS EBOOK EDITION IS DESIGNED TO BE EXPERIENCED ON COLOUR DEVICES The practical guide to celestial navigation - know what to do step by step, understand why you're doing it, and be confident that you can put it into practice when on board. Did you know that a person standing on the equator is effectively travelling at 900mph? And did you know that you can use this information to work out where you are in the world, to an accuracy of about 3 or 4 miles? No GPS, no computers. Just a sextant, some tables from an Almanac and the knowledge in this book. It's the only back up if the GPS goes down, so it's a matter of safety. If you want to qualify as a commercial skipper/superyacht captain you need to know how to carry out celestial navigation. And if you want to pass the RYA Ocean YachtmasterTM exam, you need to know it too. It's a major stumbling block for many sailors wanting or needing to take their next qualifications, and the other books on the market are complex and often assume some prior understanding. This book fulfils the need for a clear explanation of celestial navigation, illustrated with colour diagrams and including unique checklist sheets to enable you to repeat all those calculations you learned back at home, when you're on deck. Without overwhelming the reader with a load of theory from the off, the author breaks down what you need to do, step by step, explaining why at every point – giving the information context, and making it more interesting and memorable. He has trained students in this subject for years, and here he's able to use his experiences of what works, and what are the common pitfalls – he even includes a troubleshooting chapter near the end, going through errors commonly made, and how to spot them. The objective is that readers will finish the book not only knowing what to do, but really understanding why, and being able to make sense of it all again later (rather than just getting through and exam and finding themselves at a loss when on deck). The author also includes time-tested 'proformas' – quick reference sheets that sailors can refer to when they come to putting the theory into practice on board, avoiding the terrifying 'cold start' that most sailors experience when they suddenly need to put their theoretical knowledge to the test in the real world.
Author | : John Karl |
Publisher | : Paradise Cay Publications |
Total Pages | : 292 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : 9780939837755 |
Many books on celestial navigation take shortcuts in explaining concepts; incorrect diagrams and discussion are often used for the sake of moving the student along quickly. This book tells the true story-and the whole story. It conveys celestial navigation concepts clearly and in the shortest possible time.It's tailored for navigation in the GPS age-a time of computers, calculators, and web resources. Although it covers all of the traditional methods of 'working a sight, ' the primary thrust is using the (under $10) scientific calculator. By using equations that you key into your calculator, this book guides you toward a better understanding of the concepts of celestial navigation.You will learn novel ways to plot lines of position, ways to check your sextant accurately by star sights, and how to tell what time it is from a moon sight. The many appendices are a treasure of references and explanations of abstract ideas. Celestial Navigation is a crucial skill for the offshore navigator to know, this book provides the shortest path to that knowledge.
Author | : Anne Tyler |
Publisher | : Vintage |
Total Pages | : 285 |
Release | : 2011-01-26 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 030778827X |
A poignant, uplifting, heartbreaking love story from the beloved bestselling, Pulitzer Prize–winning author: "To read a novel by Anne Tyler is to fall in love" (PEOPLE). Thirty-eight-year-old Jeremy Pauling has never left home. He lives on the top floor of a Baltimore row house where he creates collages of little people snipped from wrapping paper. His elderly mother putters in the rooms below, until her death. And it is then that Jeremy is forced to take in Mary Tell and her child as boarders. Mary is unaware of how much courage it takes Jeremy to look her in the eye. For Jeremy, like one of his paper creations, is fragile and easily torn—especially when he's falling in love....
Author | : Hewitt Schlereth |
Publisher | : Sheridan House, Inc. |
Total Pages | : 148 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Reference |
ISBN | : 9781574090581 |
Hewitt Schlereth is a writer and sailing enthusiast.
Author | : Hewitt Schlereth |
Publisher | : Regnery Publishing |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 1975 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9780809282791 |
Author | : William P. Crawford |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 466 |
Release | : 1972 |
Genre | : Transportation |
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