Mastering Navigation at Sea: De-Mystifying Navigation for the Cruising Skipper (Skipper’s Library)

Lots of people are drawn to the ocean, and for good motive – it’s the world’s final wild and largely unspoilt wilderness. However to correctly benefit from the sea, and to take action safely, you could have the abilities, information and confidence to plan completely and keep one step forward of the sport.
This ebook is thoughtfully written to assist yachtsmen do exactly that. It’s not one other navigation textbook; it’s written by a mariner for different mariners. It’s well-informed, simple to learn and sincere concerning the creator’s triumphs and disasters over a lifetime’s navigating.
He has a novel perspective having navigated in lots of elements of the world from excessive up on the bridge of a warship, near the water in a cruising yacht and at depth in a submarine. After his navy profession he was Chief Government of the Royal Nationwide Lifeboat Establishment (RNLI), typically coping with the implications of poor navigation.
The creator brings the topic to life in a ebook that’s designed to assist yachtsmen refresh their information of, and their enthusiasm for, the timeless abilities of navigation.
It’s filled with a whole bunch of illustrations – color pictures, charts, diagrams and tables – making the textual content simple to grasp. The ebook is a part of Fernhurst Books’ Skipper’s Library sequence of sensible books for the cruising sailor.

Desk of Contents

Paul Boissier, Foreword, Introduction

PART ONE: THE THEORY: 1. The World, & How It’s Portrayed

2. Charts

3. Place, Angles, Distance & Velocity

4. Motion Of Water: The Top Of Tide

5. Motion Of Water: Tidal Streams & Currents

6. The Repair

7. Visible Aids To Navigation: Buoys, Rocks & Wrecks

8. Radar & Radio Aids To Navigation

9. Navigation Gear

10. Reference Books

11. A Few Ideas About Protected Navigation

12. A Few Tips Of The Commerce

PART TWO: TYPES OF NAVIGATION: 13. Pilotage

14. Blind Pilotage

15. Anchoring

16. Coastal Navigation

17. Offshore Navigation

PART THREE: IN PRACTICE: 18. Passage Planning

19. Lymington To Hurst Fortress

20. Hurst Fortress To The Needles

21. The Needles To The Casquets

22. Casquets To The Little Russel

23. Little Russel Into St Peter Port

24. Some Cautionary Tales