Navigation...: A Newcomer's Guide

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Paperback
2005
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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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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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Format: Paperback
Pages: 96
Publisher: Fernhurst Books Ltd.
Published: 30 Nov 2005
ISBN 10: 1904475183
ISBN 13: 9781904475187

Media Reviews

...beautifully and clearly illustrated...covers all the subjects needed to reach your destination... (Sailing, June 2006)

Author Bio

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.