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Old 21-03-2008, 14:35   #3
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Annapolis Book of Seamanship

Chapmans Guide to Piloting

Are two heavy weight (as in big and thick) books you can keep through a lifetime of sailing or power boating. They cover most elementary and advanced topics as far as a one book does all type of thing. The details and references in them are thing I still go over.

The American Practical Navigator was originally by Nathaniel Bowditch is a available free as a PDF file from the NOAA web site Maritime Safety Information . It originates back to the early 1800's but has been updated over the years and includes a great discussion on Navigation. This PDF version is from 2002. it's a 40MB download and includes 882 pages. It has a full set of sight reduction tables and other references for navigation. You can also buy the printed version too.
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