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IHP_1981
This is a print-on-demand title and is NOT RETURNABLE
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 8.5 x 11
Author: USNO Nautical Almanac Office, H. M. Nautical Almanac Office
ISBN: 9781937196189
$2995
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IHP_BD24V2
The American Practical Navigator, first published in 1802, was billed as the "epitome of navigation" by its original author, Nathaniel Bowditch. The text has evolved with the advances in navigation practices since that first issue and continues to serve as a valuable reference for marine navigation in the modern day. The publication describes in detail the principles and factors of navigation, including piloting, electronic navigation, celestial navigation, mathematics, safety, oceanography and meterology. It also contains various tables used in typical navigational calculations and solutions, including the formulas used to derive the...
Product Type : Book
Dimensions (IN): 8.5 x 11
ISBN: 9781951116873
$5995
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IHP_BD24V1
The American Practical Navigator, first published in 1802, was billed as the "epitome of navigation" by its original author, Nathaniel Bowditch. The text has evolved with the advances in navigation practices since that first issue and continues to serve as a valuable reference for marine navigation in the modern day. The publication describes in detail the principles and factors of navigation, including piloting, electronic navigation, celestial navigation, mathematics, safety, oceanography and meterology. It also contains various tables used in typical navigational calculations and solutions, including the formulas used to derive the...
Product Type : Book
Dimensions (IN): 8.5 x 11
ISBN: 9781951116866
$6995
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IHP_BOWD192
This is a print-on-demand title and is NOT RETURNABLE
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 8.5 x 11
ISBN: 9781951116194
$4900
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IHP_CNAV
Celestial Navigation in the GPS Age by John Karl This revised and expanded edition of this popular CN book now introduces simple tabular sight reductions first, followed by calculator methods for those wishing to take full advantage of their flexibility. Of course it retains the same unprecedented clear and accurate explanation of CN mysteries, such as the role of the assumed position , and how positions and celestial LOPs can be plotted with no assumptions. The section on stars has been expanded, and star and planet identification and viewing have been added. It explains nine special sights, such as Polaris sights, meridian sights, and...
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 9.9 x 7.2
Author: John Karl
ISBN: 9780939837755
$2995
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IMR199
Norie’s Nautical Tables is the essential requirement for anyone learning and practicing astronavigation. Since J W Norie published the first edition of his Complete Set of Nautical Tables and Epitome of Practical Navigation in 1803, many changes to the tables have been necessary in both content and presentation. New tables have been included, obsolete ones deleted to conform with changing techniques of navigation, with the aim of improving the accuracy of the calculated position and reducing the tedium of the calculation. Since the commissioning of the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS), its proven accuracy and reliability in...
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Hardcover
Dimensions (IN): 8 x 11
Author: edited by Capt AG Blance
ISBN: 9781786793591
$7995
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IHP_BD24CP
Includes both Volumes 1 & 2 bound separately.
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 8.5 x 11
ISBN: 9781951116880
$10995
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CEL008
Volume:
Volume 2 Latitudes 0-40Volume 3 Latitudes 39-89
Volume: Volume 2 Latitudes 0-40
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 8.5 x 11
IHP_BOWD191
This is a print-on-demand title and is NOT RETURNABLE
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 8.5 x 11
ISBN: 760999952758
$6900
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IHP_NSEXT
The Nautical Sextant reveals in pictures, prose, and perspective the experience and knowledge gained by the author from years of acquiring, studying, and restoring sextants from earlier times and from around the world. This fascinating book owes much of its attraction to the expert description and photos of the mechanics of the sextants and their subassemblies. It is also the story of how different manufacturers, in different times and places, solved the same mechanical problems in different ways in order to perfect one of the most accurate mechanical devices ever produced by man. All of this is complemented by an historical overview to...
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 7 x 10
Author: WJ MORRIS
ISBN: 9781951116590
$2995
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WIL061
As romantic sounding as sailing to Tahiti did centuries ago, using the sun, moon, planets, and stars to guide one's boat on the seas is enjoying a comeback. For those who do not wish to be caught short when modern technology fails on board, knowing how to chart a path with the aid of a sextant is an essential navigating skill. . In Celestial Navigation, veteran yachtsman, Tom Cunliffe, reveals how any boat owner can master this seafaring technique, without complex mathematics, using his simplified approach. Readers begin with a sound foundation of basic concepts and definitions, before moving on to the hardware-the sextant and how to use...
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 6.75 x 9.5
Author: Tom Cunliffe
ISBN: 9780470666333
$1995
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HRW112
In the tradition of Dava Sobel's  Longitude  comes sailing expert David Barrie's compelling and dramatic tale of invention and discovery—an eloquent elegy to one of the most important navigational instruments ever created, and the daring mariners who used it to explore, conquer, and map the world. Since its invention in 1759, a mariner's most prized possession has been the sextant. A navigation tool that measures the angle between a celestial object and the horizon, the sextant allowed sailors to pinpoint their exact location at sea. David Barrie chronicles the sextant's development and shows how it not only saved...
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 5.3 x 0.9 x 8
Author: David Barrie
ISBN: 9780062279354
$1699
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PAR010
This revised and expanded edition of this popular CN book now introduces simple tabular sight reductions first, followed by calculator methods for those wishing to take full advantage of their flexibility. Of course it retains the same unprecedented clear and accurate explanation of CN mysteries, such as the role of the assumed position , and how positions and celestial LOPs can be plotted with no assumptions. The section on stars has been expanded, and star and planet identification and viewing have been added. It explains nine special sights, such as Polaris sights, meridian sights, and even sights without a sextant. Lunar distance...
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 10.8 x 8.5
Author: Leonard Gray
ISBN: 9780939837335
$1995
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ACB147
Don't leave shore without this easy-to-use celestial favorite navigation primer--it could save your life! Huge advances in electronic navigation since the original publication of  Celestial Navigation  have transported offshore navigators to a world of press-button convenience. Traditional navigation skills--and technology-free position finding--are still vital, though, especially when things go wrong, as they will: batteries fail, antennas go overboard, and electronics get wet. Knowledge of celestial navigation is a life-saving emergency skill; it is also a rite of initiation and its practice still a favorite pastime among...
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 5 x 7
Author: Mary Blewitt
ISBN: 9781472942876
$1700
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WPL0150
The Star Finder 2102-D is an invaluable tool for celestial navigators to locate and identify, by altitude and azimuth, the 57 stars listed in air and nautical almanacs. It can also be used by amateur star gazers for general star identification.Special diagrams permit rapid check of hour angle and also provide a means of finding altitude and azimuth of unplotted celestial bodies or identification of unplotted bodies from known altitude and azimut. The kit contains a durable black vinyl pouch with velcro closure that holds one star base and 10 plastic templates. Basic instructions are included on the back of the plastic protective sleeve,...
Product Type : Navigation Tool
Dimensions (IN): 10.4 x 10.4
ISBN: 721002001504
$10399
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IHP_STABLE
Recently developed method to back-up celestial navigation computers. Uses DR position, is shortest and simplest to learn table and method, works for all latitudes and altitudes and is a practical star identifier.
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 8.5 x 5.5
Author: Mike Pepperday
ISBN: 9780939837090
$995
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CMP208
Practical guide to this popular sight reduction method. Basic, encouraging approach to tools and techniques.
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 7 X 10
Author: John E. Milligan
ISBN: 9780870331916
$995
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STR050
A comprehensive book explaining the use of the 2102D star finder, and the many applications it offers in planning navigation. Its numerous examples and diagrams make it a most definitive treatment. In addition to a description of the star finder and its basic use, the book covers: brightness and color of stars, planet identification, choosing optimum star-moon-planet combinations, choosing time between sun lines and running fixes, and emergency steering. This book is an indispensable companion to the star finder itself.
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 8.5 x 11
Author: David Burch
ISBN: 9780914025634
$1995
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STR040
This book has been used for 30 years, updated periodically as needed. More than 20,000 students have successfully learned ocean navigation from these materials and gone on to cross oceans or circumnavigate the globe. This book covers how to find position at sea from timed sextant sights of the sun, moon, stars, and planets plus other routine and special procedures of safe, efficient offshore navigation. No previous navigation experience is required. The only math involved is arithmetic (adding and subtracting angles and times). This is a practical, how-to-do-it book, which also includes clear explanations of how it works and how to do it...
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 8.3 x 0.6 x 11
Author: David Burch
ISBN: 9780914025467
$3900
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INT310
Not a celestial navigation textbook, but rather an essential guide to the mechanics of sextant use, adjustment, repair, history as well as buying guide to both new and used instruments. Illustrations.
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 6 x 9
Author: Bruce Bauer
ISBN: 9780070052192
$2100
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STR020
Celestial navigation is a way to find your latitude and longitude on earth using a sextant to measure the angular heights of celestial bodies above the horizon. It has been used by mariners at sea and explorers on land for three hundred years, and it is still used today as a dependable backup to modern electronic navigation. Routine celestial navigation relies upon accurate time (Universal Time) to find the longitude of a position (latitude does not require time). Advanced celestial navigators can find longitude without knowing the time using a technique called Lunar Distance. In this technique, the sextant is used to measure the angular...
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 8.5 x 11
Author: Bruce Stark
ISBN: 9780914025214
$3900
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STR022
Sextants are used to measure angular heights of celestial bodies above the horizon to find the latitude and longitude of the observer. They can also be used on land with artificial horizons. Sextants can also be used to find the correct Universal Time by measuring the angular distance between the moon and another body along its path across the zodiac. ÿ In coastal waters or on land, sextants can be used for very accurate piloting by measuring the horizontal angles between charted landmarks. The vertical angle of a peak above its baseline determines the distance to it, which, combined with a compass bearing, yields a position fix from...
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 7.5 x 0.2 x 9
Author: David Burch
ISBN: 9780914025245
$1995
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SHP018
A easy-to-use guide that takes the reader through the basic methods involved in position finding using sun, moon and star sights. Uses several examples and situations to make this an effective self-teaching text.
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 7 x 10
Author: Hewitt Schlereth
ISBN: 9781574090581
$1695
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WWN128
Devoted to the practical and presented so even the most non-mathematical navigator can develop skill and competence. Includes techniques for checking compass and sextants.
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 5.5 x 8.5
Author: Jeff Toghill
ISBN: 9780393302943
$1895
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STR015
The ideal one-book navigation back-up for experienced navigators. Includes almanac data for sun and stars, valid until 2050. Also has Sight Reduction Tables and Altitude Correction Tables. An essential back-up for serious celestial navigation.
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 7 x 10
Author: Geoffrey Kolbe
ISBN: 9780914025108
$2995
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GPT279
Praised by The Practical Sailor as "a first-class piece of work," Susan P. Howell's Practical Celestial Navigation was developed for Mystic Seaport's navigation courses. This third edition, originally published by the Seaport's Planetarium, retains the step-by-step format of the original, along with an abundance of diagrams and practice problems. Practical Celestial Navigation is recommended as a self-instruction text for beginners or for old celestial hands getting back in practice.
Product Type : Book
Author: Susan P. Howell
ISBN: 9781493069699
$3495
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