Navigation category: 129 books
Time and Navigation
The Untold Story of Getting from Here to There
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2015
If you want to know where you are, you need a good clock. The surprising connection between time and place is explored in Time and Navigation: The Untold Story of Getting from Here to There, the companion book to the National Air and Space Museum exhibition of the same name.
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by Melanie Bartlett
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2013
*The Adlard Coles Book of Navigation is the perfect reference for anyone following an RYA navigation course, from Day Skipper through to Yachtmaster Offshore and for any seafarer requiring a knowledge of navigation. This highly practical book explains everything the reader needs to know to navigate...
by Mary Blewitt
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 1994
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 1994
There is deep mystery and profound satisfaction in finding your position on earth by reference to the sun, moon, and stars--not to mention profound relief when the GPS receiver stops working in mid-passage. That is why knowledge of celestial navigation is still a rite of initiation, and its practice...
Illustrated Navigation
Traditional, Electronic & Celestial Navigation
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2017
Today, yachts are often equipped with radar, GPS, chart plotters, AIS, etc. This equipment has also become much more reliable, making it possible to make long offshore passages without a great knowledge of navigation. However, such equipment can be set up wrongly, interpreted incorrectly, malfunction...
Finding North
How Navigation Makes Us Human
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2016
Navigation is the key human skill. It's something we do everywhere, whether feeling our way through a bedroom in the dark, or charting a ship's course. But how does navigation affect our brains, our memory, ourselves? Blending scientific research and memoir, and written in beautiful prose, Finding...
Celestial Navigation for Yachtsmen
13th edition
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2017
The 13th edition of this bestselling book is proof of the success of Mary Blewitt's concise and clear style in explaining a particularly difficult skill, and it has been the bible for many generations of ocean navigators.
Since this book was first published, the huge advances in electronic navigation...
by Tom Cunliffe
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2008
Navigation is a subject best learned outside the classroom so this book is written to get you started as soon as possible. Once you've mastered a few simple principles, it helps you to get afloat and stay out of trouble as you learn the necessities and build confidence. Using straightforward explanations...
by Tom Cunliffe
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2009
Discover what the modern yacht navigator needs to know for a stress-free voyage along the coast and out of sight of land. This book is designed to raise the game of the inshore day-sailor to fully fledged offshore navigator capable of handling any sea passage short of an ocean crossing. The book contains...
Pencil, Paper and Stars
The Handbook of Traditional & Emergency Navigation
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2008
Today’s sailors rely on GPS for position finding and passage making. But what happens if your electronic navigation systems fail?_x000D_ This book provides you with simple, practical, get-you-home navigation techniques that could save you in an emergency. These easy techniques require no complicated...
by John Maris
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2013
For the SatNav user who wants to know more about how GPS, navigation and mapping combine together to give us these systems. It is intended as a behind the scenes information and awareness for those with an interest in understanding more about what is involved, the difficulties encountered and some...
The Barefoot Navigator
Wayfinding with the Skills of the Ancients
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2017
'Barefoot navigation: 5,000 years in the making.'
Barefoot Navigator introducesus to a unique take on navigation – using the skills of the ancients and technology-free techniques, we learn how to navigate using the sun, sea, wind and stars, and even the flight patterns of ocean birds.
The...
Learn to Navigate
The No-Nonsense Guide for Everyone
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2014
Learn to Navigate has been a bestseller since first publication. It is the ideal introduction for anyone wanting to learn the basics of what navigation is all about. This fourth edition is now in full colour throughout.
Covering the essentials of reading a chart, understanding tides, using...
Practical Navigation for the Modern Boat Owner
Navigate Effectively by Getting the Most Out of Your Electronic Devices
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2008
The modern sailor is an electronic navigator. New boats come stacked with GPS, chartplotters and radar, on a bewildering array of screens and displays. With this book learn how to navigate using all of these electrical devices. Practical Navigation leads you through all the aspects of boat navigation...
Les plus célèbres navires de l'Histoire
Essai historique
Language: French
Release Date: March 7, 2017
Une histoire de la navigation dans le mondeDes vaisseaux des pharaons aux sous-marins, de l’arche de Noé au Nautilus, de la mutinerie de la Bounty à celle du Potemkine, découvrez une histoire de la navigation dans le monde à travers les navires les plus célèbres de l’Histoire.Saviez-vous que...