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    Celestial Navigation (For Tablet Devices): The Essential Guide for Every Sailor - Learn How to Master One of the Oldest Mariner's Arts
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    Celestial Navigation (For Tablet Devices): The Essential Guide for Every Sailor - Learn How to Master One of the Oldest Mariner's Arts
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    Celestial Navigation (For Tablet Devices): The Essential Guide for Every Sailor - Learn How to Master One of the Oldest Mariner's Arts

    By Tom Cunliffe

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    About this ebook

    Celestial navigation is one of the oldest of the mariner’s arts – and one of the most awe-inspiring. It is also essential for every ocean sailor who wants to be able to fix his position should the GPS fail.

    Tom Cunliffe shows you how to master the art in easy stages. Within a few pages you’ll be taking your first sight. From there it is a short step to plotting your position, wherever you may be on the world’s oceans.

    Whether you need to pass an exam, want a back-up to GPS positioning or simply choose to delight in the wonder of the cosmos, this is the perfect guide. With photographs, charts and diagrams to help your learning, you will be able to master the sextant and navigate using the sun, moon, planets and stars.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherFernhurst Books
    Release dateAug 13, 2010
    ISBN9781118361870
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    Celestial Navigation (For Tablet Devices): The Essential Guide for Every Sailor - Learn How to Master One of the Oldest Mariner's Arts
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    Tom Cunliffe

    Tom Cunliffe has many years of experience cruising all round Europe and from the Caribbean to Russia and Brazil to the Arctic. He is an RYA Yachtmaster examiner and a training consultant for Sailing USA - the governing body of yachting in the USA. He is a regular columnist for Sailing Today, Classic Boat and Yachting World in the UK, and SAIL in the USA.

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    • 5/5
      This book has helped me learn the basics of celestial navigation where other texts and websites have only caused confusion. The explanations are straight forward and examples are easy to follow and repeat with current data and actual sightings.
    • 5/5
      great