LITTLE SHIP NAVIGATION (COASTAL)
Written by M.J. Rantzen
Published by Herbert Jenkins Limited
in 1949
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- TRANSPORT
- MARITIME
- NAVIGATION
LITTLE SHIP NAVIGATION (COASTAL)
Written by M.J. Rantzen.
Stock no. 2107065
1st.
1949.
Hardback.
Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
By a yachtsman for yachtsmen, based on the coastal navigation course given by the author for the Little Ship Club. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. A few marks to covers. Heavy bumping to a couple of corners. Page browning. Wrapper is edge-torn with some chips; a little loss and has marks.
Front cover
Contents
- Introductory
- The Chart: General Information
- The Chart: General Use and Construction
- Tides
- Admiralty Tide Tables
- Tidal Streams
- Navigational Instruments: The Magnetic Compass
- The Compass: Correcting and Checking
- Navigational Intstruments: The Sextant
- Navigational Instruments: The Log and Lead
- Planning the Passage: Leeway: Current Triangles
- Beating to Windward: A Tracking Gadget: Gybe-tacking
- Position Lines and Fixes: Compass and Transits
- Position Lines and Fixes: Sextant Methods: Station Pointer
- Other Aids to Position Finding: Fog Navigation
- Navigation Aids and Buoyage Systems
- Pilotage
- The Log Book
- The Traverse Table
- Epilogue
- Appendices
- Compass Conversion Table
- Index