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Heavy Weather Sailing 8th EditionFor over 50 years Heavy Weather Sailing has been regarded as the ultimate international authority on surviving storms at sea aboard sailing and motor vessels. In this book, former Commodore of the Ocean Cruising Club Martin Thomas brings together a wealth of expert advice...
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2022 Nautical AlmanacThe cornerstone for all celestial navigation, listing the celestial bodies used for navigation, a sight reduction table, and other information valuable to the offshore navigator. The content of this edition is identical to the United States Naval Observatory edition. Author: Uk HydrographicPublisher: InterbooksPublished: 12/13/2021Pages:...
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Sailing a Serious Ocean: Sailboats, Storms, Stories and Lessons Learned from 30 Years at Sea"I know you'll want to read more after you finish Sailing a Serious Ocean. And be warned, you'll very likely want to sail with John, perhaps across an ocean." -- DALLAS MURPHY, AUTHOR OF ROUNDING THE HORN After sailing 300,000 miles and weathering dozens...
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2022 Nautical AlmanacThe cornerstone for all celestial navigation, listing the celestial bodies used for navigation, a sight reduction table, and other information valuable to the offshore navigator. The content of this edition is identical to the United States Naval Observatory edition. Author: Uk HydrographicPublisher: InterbooksPublished: 12/13/2021Pages:...
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Celestial Navigation: using the Sight Reduction Tables Pub. No. 249This manual has grown out of all the courses given by Dominique Prinet, a certified Instructor-Evaluator for Sail Canada who has been teaching celestial navigation since 2000. It has benefitted from the thoughtful contributions of over 100 students. The aim of Celestial Navigation is...
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Navigation Rules and Regulations HandbookMost recently revised April 2020. Although now superseded by the Amalgamated International and U.S. Inland Navigation Rules ISBN 978-1608881666, Nimble Books, October 2020] this familiar volume is presented here in a convenient and durable hardcover format with full-color interior. Note: this hardcover edition from...
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From Here to There: The Art and Science of Finding and Losing Our WayA Wired Most Fascinating Book of the Year "An important book that reminds us that navigation remains one of our most underappreciated arts."--Tristan Gooley, author of The Lost Art of Reading Nature's Signs "If you want to understand what rats can teach us about...
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How to Read a Nautical Chart, 2nd Edition (Includes All of Chart #1): A Complete Guide to Using and Understanding Electronic and Paper ChartsAuthoritative, practical, and hands-on information on reading and relying on electronic and paper nautical charts The classic How to Read a Nautical Chart explains every aspect of electronic and paper nautical charts: how a chart is assembled, how to gauge the accuracy of chart...
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Long Term Almanac 2000-2050: For the Sun and Selected Stars With Concise Sight Reduction Tables, 2nd EditionAuthor: Geoffrey KolbePublisher: Starpath PublicationsPublished: 10/07/2008Pages: 120Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.49lbsSize: 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.25dISBN: 9780914025108This title is not returnable
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The BERMUDA TRIANGLE: The Strange & Unexplained Mysteries of the DeepTHE BERMUDA TRIANGLE: The Strange & Unexplained Mysteries of the DeepThe Bermuda Triangle is a loosely defined area of the western part of the North Atlantic Ocean where numerous aircraft and ships have reported strange occurrences, with some completely vanishing without trace. While some...
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Ships and Shipwrecks: Stories from the Great LakesFrom the day that French explorer Robert Cavelier de La Salle launched the Griffin in 1679 to the 1975 sinking of the celebrated Edmund Fitzgerald, thousands of commercial ships have sailed on the vast and perilous waters of the Great Lakes. In a harbinger...
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Latitude: The True Story of the World's First Scientific ExpeditionLatitude is a gloriously exciting tale of adventure and scientific discovery that has never been told before. Crane, the former president of the Royal Geographic Society, documents the remarkable expedition undertaken by a group of twelve European adventurer-scientists in the mid-eighteenth century. The team...
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Supernavigators: Exploring the Wonders of How Animals Find Their Way"Just astonishing . . . Our natural navigational capacities are no match for those of the supernavigators in this eye-opening book."--Frans de Waal, The New York Times Book Review Publisher's note: Supernavigators was published in the UK under the title Incredible Journeys. Animals plainly...
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Secrets of the Viking Navigators: How the Vikings Used Their Amazing Sunstones and Other Techniques to Cross the Open OceanMost navigators have heard of Viking sunstones, but few realize they are more than legend. Leif Karlsen has brought them to life. He shows us how they work--now, and a thousand years ago--and what it was that led the Viking navigators to develop this...
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Navigation Rules & Regulations HandbookThis version of the handbook is printed in color. Color is necessary to visually understand the light color patterns described in this book. We include the latest Notice to Mariners updates and highlight each update with underlines and or footnotes.. THIS EDITION IS UPDATED...
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Navigation De Secours: Techniques Exploratoires à l'usage du Marin Curieux et PrudentTous les navigateurs savent que les instruments peuvent tomber en panne. Les choses peuvent se mouiller, se casser ou passer par-dessus bord. Que vous soyez en s curit sur votre bateau ou d rivant sur un radeau de sauvetage, David Burch vous montre comment...
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The Sextant Handbook (H/C)Author: Bruce BauerPublisher: International Marine PublishingPublished: 02/22/1995Pages: 192Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 0.94lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.50dISBN: 9780071836784About the AuthorBauer, Bruce: - McGraw-Hill authors represent the leading experts in their fields and are dedicated to improving the lives, careers, and interests of readers worldwideThis title...
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Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genirus Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His TimeAnyone alive in the eighteenth century would have known that "the longitude problem" was the thorniest scientific dilemma of the day--and had been for centuries. Lacking the ability to measure their longitude, sailors throughout the great ages of exploration had been literally lost at...
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Celestial Navigation for YachtsmenThere 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...
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Nigel Calder's Cruising Handbook: A Compendium for Coastal and Offshore SailorsThe most comprehensive and helpful guide ever written for selecting and equipping a cruising sailboat Whether you're a coastal or offshore cruiser, you'll find your most pressing concerns treated with the know-how that makes for skillful, confident cruising in Nigel Calder's Cruising Handbook. The...
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