Pencil, paper and stars
Subtitle: the handbook of traditional and emergency navigation
By: Alastair Buchan.
Publisher: Hoboken, N.J.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: John Wiley & Sons
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780470516522
Subjects: Yachting; Navigation
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: An excellent art; title: Another kind of sailing; title: The first navigators; title: All in the mind; title: Passage planning; title: A home made magnetic compass; title: Direction from the sun; title: Direction from the stars; title: Direction from the moon; title: Telling the time; title: Dead reckoning and estimated positions; title: Coastal navigation; title: Home made sextants; title: Sextant corrections; title: Meridian sights; title: Latitude from polaris; title: Longitude; title: Plane sailing; title: Chartmaking; title: Signs of landfall; title: Accuracy.