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The American Practical Navigator: Bowditch Review

A newfound interest in celestial navigation and all things nautical prompted me purchase this book. As far as celestial goes, the book concentrates on sight reduction by tables rather than by calculator or computer. In that respect, it's disappointing. The background chapters for navigation astronomy are pertinent to all forms of sight reduction.

I was also interested in navigational mathematics and "The Sailings". Those subjects are well represented and easy to understand.

The book is physically imposing and the depth of information is astounding. It's divided into sections, so you can cover areas of interest a bit at a time. It's easy to read - for a textbook.

If you enjoy this subject matter, this is one of the "go to" books. It's well worth the money.

The American Practical Navigator: Bowditch Feature

ISBN13: 9780939837540
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The American Practical Navigator: Bowditch Overview

This edition of The American Practical Navigator, "Bowditch," is offered by Celestaire and Paradise Cay Publications. This is the most recent update of Bowditch, the definitive work on navigation.

Nathanial Bowditch first published this encyclopedic work in 1802. During the last two centuries over 75 editions, almost 1,000,000 copies, of Bowditch have been published by the US Government. It has lived because it has combined the best technologies of each generation of navigator. This edition includes the latest advances in electronic navigation and digital charting technology. It also covers nonelectronic navigation such as celestial, plotting and dead reckoning. Bowditch contains numerous tables which have been valued for years by practicing navigators.

Bowditch is carried on the bridge of every U.S. Navy ship and should be the mainstay of any serious navigatorÂ’s library. Paradise Cay and CelestaireÂ’s commercial edition of Bowditch is a complete copy of the latest Government edition.

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Customer Reviews

Just as Useful in the Southern Hemisphere - Surfer Shane - Newcastle NSW Australia

A classic maritime reference book; although titled the "Practical American Navigator" it is much more than a basic Northern American navigation text. In fact, I would describe it more as a comprehensive academic text of applied navigation and the associated global oceanography and meteorology. As such, this book is as universal a text as the "Oxford Dictionary".

The other great thing is that the majority of the text is written in clear and plain English.

A MUST HAVE - Greg S Pecaut - Florida
If you want to NAVIGATE this is a MUST HAVE. I have the older 2 volume set. This is the bible for navigation. This book should be on every boat that sails coastal or trans-oceantic. Everything you will ever need is in this book. Almost any other navigation book out there is just an abridged version of a chapter or 2 from this complete book. There is so much information in this book that you will never get rid of it. You will always be able to learn more each time you open it. This is the text book for navigation used at the Maritime Colleges. Every professional Merchant Mariner has and uses this book. It has everything you need to pass your USCG Masters licence exams for navigation and more. If you have a boat, you need this book.

Excellent book, excellent buy - P. Jackson -
Bowditch is the "bible" for nautical navigation. It's a must have for every serious mariner's library. My purchase was listed as used but "like new" and it was indeed like new. I'm very pleased with this purchase.

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