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
Yachtmaster™ 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.
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