Illustrated Navigation

Product Description

A beautifully, uniquely illustrated nautical guide to traditional, electronic celestial navigation. By: Ivar Dedekam

Overview

Today, yachts are often equipped with radar, GPS, chart plotters, AIS, etc. This equipment has also become much more reliable, making it possible to make long offshore passages without a great knowledge of navigation. However, such equipment can be set up wrongly, interpreted incorrectly, malfunction or lose power. In these circumstances, knowledge of traditional navigation can become extremely important.

Content

This beautifully illustrated manual teaches you to navigate in the traditional way - using compass, log and plotter; by means of electronic aids - like GPS, radar and chartplotter; and some basic celestial navigation - using the sun and stars to obtain your position using sextant, almanacs, tables and a watch.

Features

• Short, concentrated pieces of text
• Numerous diagrams and graphics
• Easy and memorable read