Celestial Navigation in the GPS Age

Covers all modern methods of celestial navigation including H.O. 229 and 249, direct calculations using calculators and 72 different exercises in five categories of interest.
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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 still a favorite pastime among serious cruisers. That this edition of Celestial Navigation for Yachtsmen should appear 44 years after the first British edition and 27 years after its first publicati
