The Practical Guide To Celestial Navigation
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The Practical Guide To Celestial Navigation
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Author : Phil Somerville
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2021-10-14
The Practical Guide To Celestial Navigation written by Phil Somerville and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-10-14 with Transportation categories.
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.
Celestial Navigation
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Author : David Berson
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2018-11-20
Celestial Navigation written by David Berson and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-11-20 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Learn—and Appreciate—What Master Navigators Have Practiced for Centuries in This Hands-on, Friendly Approach. Celestial navigation, in all its forms, is nearly as old as mankind. Anyone who can master its intricacies stands at the end of a long line of master navigators that is centuries old—an expert among many who would be lost with electronics. David Berson, a columnist for Ocean Navigator magazine and an instructor at both the Ocean Navigator School of Seamanship and onboard the training schooner Ocean Star, offers here an approach that is refreshing, unique, and sure to attract a new generation of readers looking to demystify this essential art for sailors. Through his hands-on coursework Berson has developed a practical and learnable method of teaching that has appealed to a new generation of students. He will share his proven method here for the first time. While many books on celestial navigation insist this age-old art is needed only when electronics fail, Berson uses a unique approach that allows boaters to combine both the modern and the traditional. No other books does that. In Celestial Navigation, as he does in his popular column and classes, Berson simplifies the math that so often frightens and deters potential students. Berson takes the same approach with his writing that he does with his classes and columns,informal true-life anecdotes that entertain as well as educate. To Berson, celestial navigation is personal and valuable. Anyone reading this book will catch his contagious enthusiasm. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Sports Publishing imprint, is proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in sports—books about baseball, pro football, college football, pro and college basketball, hockey, or soccer, we have a book about your sport or your team. In addition to books on popular team sports, we also publish books for a wide variety of athletes, including books on running, cycling, horseback riding, swimming, tennis, martial arts, golf, camping, hiking, boating, and so much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to publishing books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked by other publishers and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.
Practical Celestial Navigation
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Author : Susan P. Howell
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1979
Practical Celestial Navigation written by Susan P. Howell and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979 with Nautical astronomy categories.
Celestial Navigation
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Author : Arthur Davies
language : en
Publisher: Crowood Press
Release Date : 1992
Celestial Navigation written by Arthur Davies and has been published by Crowood Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Science categories.
CELESTIAL NAVDAVIES, ARTHURSubtitled Prevention & Treatment. From self-help to dealing with someone else's injuries, a browse through these pages may help you save the day or save yourself time off the road. Training your mind is covered as well as on the road first aid, amending your training schedule to aid recovery, nutrition, winter training, and the best way to train if you can't get on your bike. Everything you need to know if you've been ill or injured and want to return to your sport! Sftbd., 6x 8 1-2, 128 pgs., 8b&w ill.
Simplified Celestial Navigation
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Author : P. V. H. Weems
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011-06-01
Simplified Celestial Navigation written by P. V. H. Weems and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-06-01 with categories.
The Yachtsman S Guide To Celestial Navigation
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Author : Stafford Campbell
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1979
The Yachtsman S Guide To Celestial Navigation written by Stafford Campbell and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979 with Science categories.
ISBN 0871650193 LCCN 7964641.
Celestial Navigation
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Author : Walter Hadel
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1944
Celestial Navigation written by Walter Hadel and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1944 with Navigation categories.
Simple Celestial
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Author : Chris Kreitlein
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2014-03-21
Simple Celestial written by Chris Kreitlein and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-03-21 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Simple Celestial is an instructional manual on the art of celestial navigation. The manual is clear, succinct and thorough in presenting in a simple style the process of observing the Sun, Moon, planets and stars used in celestial navigation in order to derive a position fix any where in the world. The process of celestial navigation as presented in the manual uses an assumed position to derive an intercept that is the basis for a line of position from the heavenly body. Additionally, the manual explains the alternate method of observing the Sun at local apparent noon for a position fix. Using either method and with the appropriate supporting tools, the student will find the manual an excellent guide in completing the sight reduction form to arrive at a solution. The manual deliberately relegates theory to a small chapter in the back, concentrating rather on the practical aspects of celestial navigation.
Celestial Navigation
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Author : Frances Woodworth Wright
language : en
Publisher: Cornell Maritime Press/Tidewater Publishers
Release Date : 1982
Celestial Navigation written by Frances Woodworth Wright and has been published by Cornell Maritime Press/Tidewater Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1982 with Science categories.
This guide to celestial navigation has been popular ever since it first appeared in 1969. Revised in 1982, Celestial Navigation is a quick, easy, and thorough explanation (with realistically worked problems) of the practice of celestial navigation at sea, using simple and inexpensive equipment. Extracts from the Nautical Almanac and Pub. No. 249. Blank workforms are included.
Celestial Navigation Exercises For Class And Home Study
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Author : Dominique F. Prinet
language : en
Publisher: FriesenPress
Release Date : 2016-01-15
Celestial Navigation Exercises For Class And Home Study written by Dominique F. Prinet and has been published by FriesenPress this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-01-15 with Sports & Recreation categories.
About the Manual Celestial Navigation Exercises for Class and Home Study was designed to facilitate the work of instructors using the free PowerPoint slide presentation available at CelestialNavigationBook.com. This exercise manual, available in hard copy and in PDF format for tablets, reproduces the questions posed at regular intervals throughout the slide presentation; it provides the work-forms guiding the calculations, and the solutions. Students taking a course from an instructor who follows the slide presentation will normally have the associated course book Celestial Navigation using the Sight Reduction Tables Pub. No. 249. In order to facilitate the download process, the free version of the exercise manual (available for download from CelestialNavigationBook.com), includes neither the Almanac nor the Sight Reduction Tables required for the calculations because these tables are identical to the ones in the course book. This complete version of the exercise manual, with all the required data tables in the appendix, will thus be useful mostly to navigators who do not have the course book but wish to practice on their own, as well as to students who follow the presentation and have the course book but do not wish to download and print 140 pages of questions and answers.