Emergency Navigation : Improvised and No-Instrument Methods for the Prudent Mariner

David Burch

ISBN 10: 0071481842 / ISBN 13: 9780071481847

Verlag: International Marine Publishing Co, 2008

Zustand: Sehr gut | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 3967314/2

Inhaltsangabe:

Find Your Way at Sea, No Matter What

“Inherently interesting and fun to read . . . provides the clearest understanding of general navigation principles we've seen yet.”--BoatU.S.

“Thorough and authoritative.”--Sea Kayaker

“A definitive work of instant appeal to seamen of all levels of experience.”--The Navigation Foundation

Every sailor knows that instruments can fail. Things get wet, break, fall overboard. Whether you’re safe on your boat or drifting in a life raft, let David Burch show you how to find your way no matter what navigational equipment you have. Often relying on common materials like a small stick, a plastic bottle, even a pair of sunglasses, Burch explains how to make use of all available means--from the ancient skills of Polynesian navigators to the contrails of airliners overhead--to calculate speed, direction, latitude, and longitude and to perform all aspects of piloting and dead reckoning. Learn how to

• Steer by sun, stars, wind, and swells
• Estimate current and leeway
• Improvise your own knotmeter or plumb-bob sextant
• Find the sun in a fogbank
• Estimate latitude with a plate and a knotted string
• And more vital information

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor:

David Burch is a renowned expert on navigation with severalsuccessful titles and a high profile in the boating community. The founderand director of the Starpath School of Navigation, Burch holds a Ph.D. inphysics and has more than 60,000 miles of ocean sailing experience.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Emergency Navigation : Improvised and ...
Verlag: International Marine Publishing Co
Erscheinungsdatum: 2008
Einband: Softcover
Zustand: Sehr gut
Auflage: 2. Auflage