Celestial Navigation: The Essential Guide for Every Sailor - Learn How to Master One of the Oldest Mariner's Arts by Tom Cunliffe

by Tom Cunliffe

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About the author

Tom Cunliffe (born 1947) is a British yachting journalist, author and broadcaster.

Cunliffe has been a regular contributor to Yachting Monthly, Yachting World, Sail magazine, Classic Boat and 'Sailing Today' for many years.

A professional writer since 1986, Cunliffe has won the Best Book of the Sea award twice, for Topsail and Battleaxe and Hand, Reef and Steer.[4] He is author of the important Shell Channel Pilot for the English Channel.

In 2010 he presented the award-winning six-part BBC documentary series, The Boats that Built Britain. He also presented the popular 'Boat Yard' series for Discovery TV. He now has a big following on his Youtube channel, 'Yachts and Yarns'.

Reviews

[Dan · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book provides clear step-by-step instructions to manually determine your location with a sextant using the various celestial bodies. However, be prepared to learn how the various charts are used in concert to perform celestial navigate in the middle of the ocean. I will need to review this book several times before I will completely understand the relationships between the charts, at the various stages of the process to accurately determine my position.