Boat Navigation for the Rest of Us: Finding Your Way By Eye and Electronics [Idioma Inglés] (INTERNATIONAL MARINE-RMP) - Softcover

Brogdon, Bill

 
9780071372268: Boat Navigation for the Rest of Us: Finding Your Way By Eye and Electronics [Idioma Inglés] (INTERNATIONAL MARINE-RMP)

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"Superb and amazingly comprehensive." - Cruising World. "Thorough treatment of traditional and electronic methods by an expert." - "WoodenBoat". "Boat Navigation for the Rest of Us" is the only book that teaches navigation the way small-boat skippers actually navigate: by combining electronic aids like GPS and radar with commonsense visual piloting skills and simple chartwork. This second edition covers important developments in electronic navigation, including dramatic improvements in GPS accuracy, the growing popularity of electronic charts and plotting systems, and the increasing availability of navigation information over the Internet. It's a full course in navigation plus a whole toolbox of little-known tips and shortcuts to deal with real-life situations without a slide rule.. NOTA: El libro no está en español, sino en inglés.

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Captain Bill Brogdon (Cape Carteret, NC) served in the U.S. Coast Guard for more than 30 years. He writes regularly for major boating magazines and has twice received the Lawton Award for the most significant contribution to boating safety through the media.

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"Superb and amazingly comprehensive."--Cruising World

"Thorough treatment of traditional and electronic methods by an expert."--WoodenBoat

Boat Navigation for the Rest of Us is the only book that teaches navigation the way small-boat skippers actually navigate: by combining electronic aids like GPS and radar with commonsense visual piloting skills and simple chartwork. This second edition covers important developments in electronic navigation, including dramatic improvements in GPS accuracy, the growing popularity of electronic charts and plotting systems, and the increasing availability of navigation information over the Internet. It's a full course in navigation plus a whole toolbox of little-known tips and shortcuts to deal with real-life situations without a slide rule.

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ISBN 10:  0071837957 ISBN 13:  9780071837958
Verlag: MCGRAW HILL BOOK CO, 2001
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