Practical Navigation for the Yachtsman Author:Frederick L. Devereux This book will provide you with simple, succinct and in logical sequence, all of the navigational methods and techniques that the amateur yachtsman needs to know to take his boat anywhere---from a day's sail on Long Island Sound to a solo circumnavigation of the globe. It covers coastal piloting, position findings by electronics, and celesti... more »al navigation.
It is arranged for both teaching and on-board reference. It requires no prior knowledge beyond eighth-grade arithmatic---although it carries a complete appendix on all the mathematics of navigation which is a vital element for sailing.
Profusely illustrated, completely indexed for cross reference, sequenced for ease of learning, all this is contained in this one volume: weather and wind effects, complete plotting methods, definitions and the most needed tables.« less