This popular guide to celestial navigation, by Australia's bestselling yachting author, is now fully revised and updated. Jeff Toghill makes the complex subject of celestial navigation simple enough for even the most non-mathematically minded sailor.
This indispensible guide covers:
- The Sextant and Chronometer
- Estimated Position and Dead Reckoning
- The Celestial Globe
- Tables and Computations
- Plotting
- Star Identification
- Electronic Navigation
The guide also provides detail on:
- plotting position by sun, planets and stars;
- related navigational routines, such as checking the compass by using heavenly objects;
- taking radio time signals;
- adjusting the sextant for day-to-day corrections;
- advances in electronic navigation.
This book can also be used with its companion book, 'Coastal Navigation', for a comprehensive guide to navigation.
