Emergency Navigation by David Burch

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Shows you how to find your way on the water - even if your navigation equipment is damaged or lost - using ancient and modern skills or rudimentary materials like a stick, a piece of string or a pair of sunglasses. This guide includes navigation methods, graphics and lists. It offers a useful backup for every ocean mariner.

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Emergency Navigation by David Burch

Shows you how to find your way on the water - even if your navigation equipment is damaged or lost - using ancient and modern skills or rudimentary materials like a stick, a piece of string or a pair of sunglasses. This guide includes navigation methods, graphics and lists. It offers a useful backup for every ocean mariner.
David Burch, the director of the Starpath School of Navigation in Seattle, Washington, has been teaching navigation and seamanship since 1977. He has logged more than 60,000 sea miles, including three wins in the trans-Pacific Victoria to Maui yacht race. He is the author of nine books on marine navigation, including Emergency Navigation (International Marine, 1984), and his magazine articles have appeared in Cruising World, Ocean Navigator, Sailing, and Sea Kayaker. He holds a U.S. Coast Guard Master's license (100 tons). He is also a past Fulbright Scholar and holds a PhD in physics. HOMETOWN: Seattle, WA
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ISBN 13 9780071481847
ISBN 10 0071481842
Title Emergency Navigation
Author David Burch
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher International Marine Publishing Co
Year published 2008-10-16
Number of pages 288
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.