Pencil, Paper and Stars

The Handbook of Traditional and Emergency Navigation

Alastair Buchan (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

200 Seiten

2008
John Wiley & Sons Inc (Verlag)
978-0-470-51652-2 (ISBN)

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Electronic navigation systems are extremely reliable but when they do fail onboard repair at sea is rarely possible. Also, their operation depends on a continuous supply of electricity. Should this fail they will stop and unexpectedly lacking the means of position finding, chart plotting and route planning how can the modern navigator continue their passage in a safe and seamanlike manner? This user friendly book gives simple, practical, get-you-home navigation techniques, which can be used if electronic navigation systems aboard a yacht fail. Shows you how to: 1. Understand the principles behind the techniques you are using to gain confidence in your answers. To help - these techniques will be placed in their historical context. 2. See the techniques as simple and easy to use. They require no complicated mathematics or high level craft skills or any form of special skill. 3. Employ every technique using materials and equipment likely to be found on every boat. 4. Put these techniques into practice - every procedure contributes to making a safe and seamanlike passage. You can also practice beforehand to gain confidence in using them.

Alastair Buchan began sailing on the Clyde. In a Hurley 20 he sailed single-handed round Britain, and made his first single-handed Atlantic circuit. He made his second in a Dockrell 27 (27ft this time) sailing from Britain to the Caribbean and onto the USA via Venezuela and Cuba before sailing home.

Chapter 1 An Excellent Art. Chapter 2 Another Kind Of Sailing Chapter 3 The First Navigators Chapter 4 All In The Mind Chapter 5 Passage Planning Chapter 6 A Home Made Magnetic Compass Chapter 7 Direction From The Sun Chapter 8 Direction From The Stars Chapter 9 Direction From The Moon Chapter 10 Telling The Time Chapter 11 Dead Reckoning And Estimated Positions Chapter 12 Coastal Navigation Chapter 13 Home Made Sextants Chapter 14 Sextant Corrections Chapter 15 Meridian Sights Chapter 16 Latitude From Polaris Chapter 17 Longitude Chapter 18 Plane Sailing Chapter 19 Chartmaking Chapter 20 Signs Of Landfall Chapter 21 Accuracy Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.5.2008
Zusatzinfo	Illustrations, maps
Sprache	englisch
Maße	177 x 212 mm
Gewicht	424 g
Einbandart	Paperback
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Segeln / Tauchen / Wassersport
Themenwelt	Technik ► Fahrzeugbau / Schiffbau
ISBN-10	0-470-51652-6 / 0470516526
ISBN-13	978-0-470-51652-2 / 9780470516522
Zustand	Neuware