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 Cunliffe 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.'
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