Celestial Navigation - Brossura

Cunliffe, Tom

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1898660751 ISBN 13: 9781898660750

Casa editrice: John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2000

Riassunto

Celestial navigation is the one of the oldest of the mariner's arts - and one of the most awe-inspiring. To guide a small boat across the trackless oceans using only a simple measuring device - the sextant - and the knowledge of the sun, moon and stars is a skill that borders on the magical.

In these pages Tom Cuncliffe shows how to master the art in easy stages. Starting from a sound foundation of basic concepts and definitions, he moves on to the hardware: the sextant and how to use it. within a few pages he has you down on the beach, shooting the sun. From there it is a short step to working out your latitude from a noon sight, and learning how to plot a position from observation of the sun, planets, moon or stars - wherever you may be on the world's oceans.

"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

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Informazioni sull?autore

Tom Cunliffe is one of Britain’s leading writers on sailing and the sea, and a consultant for US Sailing.  He has cruised from Brazil to Iceland and from the Caribbean to Russia.

In these pages Tom Cuncliffe shows how to master the art in easy stages. Starting from a sound foundation of basic concepts and definitions, he moves on to the hardware: the sextant and how to use it. within a few pages he has you down on the beach, shooting the sun. From there it is a short step to working out your latitude from a noon sight, and learning how to plot a position from observation of the sun, planets, moon or stars - wherever you may be on the world's oceans.

'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

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: John Wiley & Sons Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 2000
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1898660751
• ISBN 13: 9781898660750
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 2
• Numero di pagine: 64
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile