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Title: The Sextant Handbook by Bruce Bauer ISBN: 0-07-005219-0 Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press Pub. Date: 01 February, 1995 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: sextant repair and use
Comment: This book is a necisity for anyone that wants to sail beyond the coast. It has excelent advice on the use adjustment and purchasing of your primary navagational aid. Yes I know you have a gps (genuine piece of ) you must be able to find your way without it.
Rating: 5
Summary: A book for the sextant lover
Comment: Sextants are bautiful instruments that let us determine our position by observing stars and planets. They are very precise optical instruments, and today, the least expensive new metal sextant costing around $... Such a precious and expensive instrument needs to be cared for properly.
This book contains very helpful information on how to adjust (or how not to adjust, to avoid damage) your sextant to ensure accurate sightings. The book also covers what can be done to continue to use a sextant after damage, including what repairs can be done by its user. It covers the use and storage of the sextant at sea, gives good tips on how to get good sights and times, and describes a number of sextant types, apparels, and accessories, along with their pros and cons. It also contains interesting information about the history of celestial navigation. I bought my sextant new, but there is a really good section on buying a used sextant. Cmd. Bauer also gives numerous contact information for sextant manufacturers, importers, and retailers, though I haven't checked if they are still up to date. At the very least they will be a good guide for the prospective buyer of a new or used sextant.
The pricing information on the book is outdated, and so are some of the things that are described, like Davis' prism to ensure verticality of the sextant, which is not manufactured or distributed anymore. But it is really well written, full of good information, and a very nice companion to your sextant, or a good guide before you buy one, used or new. Obviously, Cmd. Bauer knows what he writes about, and how to present his knowledge in a compelling manner.
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Title: The Complete On-Board Celestial Navigator : Includes 2003-2007 Nautical Almanac by George G. Bennett ISBN: 0071396578 Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press Pub. Date: 25 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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Title: Celestial Navigation for Yachtsmen by Mary Blewitt, Thomas Bergel ISBN: 0070059284 Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press Pub. Date: 01 November, 1994 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Celestial Navigation in a Nutshell by Hewitt Schlereth ISBN: 1574090585 Publisher: National Book Network Pub. Date: 15 July, 2000 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Latitude Hooks and Azimuth Rings: How to Build and Use 18 Traditional Navigational Instruments by Dennis Fisher ISBN: 0070211205 Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press Pub. Date: 01 December, 1994 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: The American Practical Navigator: "Bowditch"- 2002 Bicentennial Edition by Nathaniel Bowditch, National Imagery and Mapping Agency Staff ISBN: 0939837544 Publisher: Paradise Cay Publications Pub. Date: 25 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $49.95 |
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