Review
...useful as a study tool for those preparing for Coast Guard and similar navigation courses. --
Soundings, December 1994An excellent self-teaching textbook....His approach is straightforward and his sense of humor refreshing. --
The Ensign, September 1996Every navigator would benefit from having this comprehensive reference book available as a refresher or for new skills. --
Ocean Navigator, September/October 1998Yes, we have our Chapman and our Bowditch (somewhere), and The Annapolis Book of Seamanship, but it seems to us that the author Frank J. Larkin, in this new edition, makes the subject of piloting and dead reckoning much less daunting and easy to comprehend. Larkin starts at the beginning and takes the reader through the basics of such things as using dividers and a chart, with the kind of useful information sometimes passed over in more sophisticated treatments of the subject. We like that, and we think this 278-page reference is more likely to be read cover-to-cover. --
Powerboat Reports, May 1999
Product Description
Basic Coastal Navigation is a clearly written, easy to understand introduction to coastal navigation, outlining the techniques of piloting that are fundamental to safe navigation for smal boats, whether power or sail. The reader is guided from simple to more complex piloting solutions and eventually learns to plot a complete day trip.
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