Boater's Bowditch

The Small-Craft American Practical Navigator

Richard Keith Hubbard (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

404 Seiten

1997
McGraw-Hill Inc.,US (Verlag)
978-0-07-030866-4 (ISBN)

Infos

Boaters Bowditch removes the mystery and mathematics from the American Practical Navigator, explaining concepts and techniques used by the professional navigator.

Autor

Richard K. Hubbard (Gaithersburg, MD), a former U.S. Coast Guard officer, yacht skipper, and navigator of ocean racers, worked for the Defense Mapping Agency for 14 years, where he was the editor of the American Practical Navigator.

Inhalt

Part I: Basic Navigation Principles.
Fundamentals of Navigation.
Buoys, Beacons, and Lights.
Compasses.
Tides.
Dead Reckoning.
Piloting.
Part II: Electronic Navigation Systems.
Principles of Radio Waves.
GPS Naviation.
Loran-C Navigation.
Radar Navigation.
Electronic Charts.
Part III: Celestial Navigation.
Navigational Astronomy.
Using the Sextant.
Time.
The Nautical and Air Almanacs.
Reducing Sights.
Special Techniques and Shortcuts.
Part IV: Practical Navigation: Weather for Navigators.
Rules and Regulations in Navigation.
Navigation Safety.

Produkt-Details

• Zusatzinfo: 332 Illustrations, unspecified
• Verlagsort: New York
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 183 x 236 mm
• Gewicht: 953 g
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Fahrzeugbau / Schiffbau
• ISBN-10: 0-07-030866-7 / 0070308667
• ISBN-13: 978-0-07-030866-4 / 9780070308664
• Zustand: Neuware