age ~59
from Pickerington, OH
"Emergency Navigation is far more generally applicable than the title indicates. It is, first and foremost, a detailed account of how to find your position anywhere in the world's oceans after your electronics fail and you lose your sextant, watch, and almanac, but that's really only the beginning. ...
Author
David Burch
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
248
Publisher
Intl Marine Pub Co
ISBN #
0877422044
EAN Code
9780877422044
ISBN #
15
FUNDAMENTALS OF KAYAK NAVIGATION: Master the Traditional Skills and the Latest Technologies, 4th edition (Falcon)David Burch This paddling guide is fully revised and redesigned, and takes beginners through traditional navigation methods up through state-of-the-...
Author
David Burch
Binding
Paperback
Pages
272
Publisher
Falcon Guides
ISBN #
0762738340
EAN Code
9780762738342
ISBN #
14
In the spirit of early Bowditch editions, we offer navigation details of a full ocean passage as an excellent way to learn the ropes of practical celestial navigation. With your own tables and plotting sheets, you can analyze 224 timed sextant sights of sun, moon, stars, and planets to obtain 26 pos...
Author
David Burch, Stephen Miller
Binding
Paperback
Pages
176
Publisher
Starpath Publications
ISBN #
091402518X
EAN Code
9780914025184
ISBN #
13
Become an Expert Small-Craft Radar Operator Nothing beats radar for guiding your boat through the darkest night or the thickest fog. Radar enables you to plot a fix from just a single buoy or landmark, and it is the only navigation tool that tells you not just where you are, but who else or what el...
Author
David Burch
Binding
Paperback
Pages
256
Publisher
International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press
ISBN #
0071830391
EAN Code
9780071830393
ISBN #
12
This book has been used for 30 years, updated periodically as needed. More than 20,000 students have successfully learned ocean navigation from these materials and gone on to cross oceans or circumnavigate the globe. This book covers how to find position at sea from timed sextant sights of the sun...
Author
David Burch
Binding
Paperback
Pages
294
Publisher
Starpath Publications
ISBN #
0914025465
EAN Code
9780914025467
ISBN #
11
A wealth of information is provided: an emergency almanac for the sun, and declination tables for the stars; several methods of sight reduction, including one that requires only the card itself; and angular markings on the perimeter of the card that allows approximate altitude measurements of celest...
Author
David Burch
Binding
Misc. Supplies
Pages
2
Publisher
Paradise Cay Publications
ISBN #
0939837587
EAN Code
9780939837588
ISBN #
10
Sextants are used to measure angular heights of celestial bodies above the horizon to find the latitude and longitude of the observer. They can also be used on land with artificial horizons. Sextants can also be used to find the correct Universal Time by measuring the angular distance between the mo...
Author
David Burch
Binding
Paperback
Pages
106
Publisher
Starpath Publications
ISBN #
0914025244
EAN Code
9780914025245
ISBN #
5
A thorough, easy-to-read treatment of both traditional and modern small-craft navigation This book is an updated and expanded edition of a text that has been used in navigation courses for 30 years. It covers practical small-craft navigation (sail, power, or paddle), starting from the basics ...
Author
David Burch
Binding
Paperback
Pages
230
Publisher
Starpath Publications
ISBN #
0914025406
EAN Code
9780914025405
ISBN #
4