Navigation Newcomers Guide - Softcover

Hopkinson, Sara

 
9781904475187: Navigation Newcomers Guide
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1904475183 ISBN 13: 9781904475187
Publisher: Fernhurst Books Ltd., 2005

Synopsis

Navigators have only two questions: "Where am I?" and "Where do I go now?". This book shows the simplest way to answer these questions. It starts from scratch, uses no jargon and features graphics instead of words wherever possible. Areas covered include charts, giving a position, tides, course to steer, passage planning, and much more. Navigation is fun, keeps you safe and speeds you to your destination. With this book you need never be lost again!

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About the Author

Sara Hopkinson is the co-author of the RYA Book of Navigation Exercises and the RYA Competent Crew Practical Course Notes. Hopkinson is also author of Fernhurst's VHF Afloat and VHF Companion. She is an experienced sailor, a Yachtmaster Instructor and Examiner, a corrector of Admiralty charts and a part-time Coastguard. She is uniquely qualified to give students an accurate but sympathetic introduction to the wonderful art of navigation.

From the Back Cover

Navigation has never been so simple.

Navigators have only two questions:

  • Where am I?
  • Where do I go now?

This book shows the simplest way to answer these questions. It starts from scratch, uses no jargon and features graphics instead of words wherever possible.

  • Charts
  • Giving a position
  • Tides
  • Estimated position (EP)
  • Course to steer (CTS)
  • Pilotage
  • Passage planning
  • Electronics

Navigation is fun, keeps you safe and speeds you to your destination. With this book in one hand and your trusty dividers in the other, you need never be lost again!

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.

Publisher
Fernhurst Books Ltd.
Publication date
2005
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1904475183
ISBN 13 
9781904475187
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
96