Dutton's Navigation and Piloting [Hardcover]

Elbert Maloney (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1985

For a firm foundation in piloting, dead reckoning, celestial navigation, and radio navigation, and fast access to specific information, this is the reference to use.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"...an invaluable reference...that will save the day when the batteries in the GPS run dry." -- Armada International, January 2004

"For those who want in-depth understanding of navigation techniques--both high-tech and low-tech." --Soundings, November 2004 --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

About the Author

Thomas J. Cutler has been a student, teacher, and practitioner of the navigational arts and sciences for nearly forty years while serving the Navy as a surface warfare officer in vessels ranging from patrol boats to aircraft carriers. He is the current author of The Bluejacket's Manual and other books and articles on naval topics. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 52 pages
• Publisher: Naval Inst Pr; 14th edition (April 1985)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0870211579
• ISBN-13: 978-0870211577
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.6 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good book, but needs a technical editor, November 22, 2006

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Thomas Webb - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dutton's Nautical Navigation (Hardcover)

Dutton's is well illustrated and clearly written and it covers a lot of ground. However, it is full of technical errors. When I was writing a sailings application I worked the example problems in the sailings section of the book and was distressed to find they were full of mistakes. Later, when I took my Captain's course I spoke about this with the navigation instructor there and he claimed that he never used Dutton's examples because the problems are wide spread. So, I'd suggest reading Dutton's for the prose and then going to Bowditch if you need the math. This is all a bit sad as Dutton's is a text book and into it's 15th edition.

21 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A systematic and complete book about navigation, July 19, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Dutton's Navigation and Piloting (Hardcover)

This book is very complete covering all aspects of navigation from simple pilotage to gyro compass. The approach is always didactic and very complete describing f.i. not less than 4 methods of sight reduction for Astro Navigation. Although written for merchant navy, it is also suitable for small craft navigation.

27 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Not essential to navigation, but most desirable, June 5, 2000

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Joseph H Pierre "Joe Pierre" (Salem, OR USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dutton's Navigation and Piloting (Hardcover)

The essentials to celestial navigation are a sextant, the current nautical almanac, and an accurate timepiece correctible to Greenwich Mean Time (Coordinated Universal Time.)

Given those things and some basic instruments and charts, and of course the requisite knowledge and skills to use them, you can find your way on the trackless oceans of the world.

If you lack the knowledge and skills to use the above instruments and objects, you can learn to use them, with the application of the necessary dilligence and intelligence, in either of two volumes, this one and the 'American Practical Navigator.' The latter comes in two volumes, and is published by the U.S. government (Defense Mapping Agency Hydrographic Center).

Both volumes are used as textbooks by the United States Naval Academy and the United States Power Squadrons, to teach celestial navigation. I am a full certificate member of the latter organization.

I recommend them to you.

Joseph Pierre, N
Author of THE ROAD TO DAMASCUS: Our Journey Through Etermnity