Reeds Astro Navigation Tables 2024

Kendall Carter

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Reeds
28 November 2023

Navigation & seamanship; Boating

Reeds Astro Navigation Tables is the established book of annual astro-navigation tables compiled specifically for the needs of boaters.

This superbly compact almanac and sight reduction tables contains all the information the ocean-going sailor needs in order to navigate by the sun, moon, stars and planets, using tables devised by practical ocean navigators. This book, together with a sextant, will enable sailors to navigate confidently and safely when out of the sight of land.

The book continues to feature the well-received additions of the past few years, including forms to help determine True Altitude (for the sun, stars and planets), Calculated Altitude (using the versine formula) and Azimuth (using the ABC Tables), as well as a pro forma for calculating Intercept. These tables, along with clear and easy to use star ID charts, mean you can resolve any calculation you're ever going to need. There is also an introductory section on practising ashore, with helpful worked examples as an aide memoire. With 8 extra pages and an improved layout, there is plenty of space for making notes and calculations.

Being so easy to use, Reeds tables encourage active navigation and a better understanding by sailors of where they have been and where to go next – rewarding in itself and essential in the event of GPS failure.

By: Kendall Carter
Imprint: Reeds
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 297mm, Width: 210mm,
ISBN: 9781399407700
ISBN 10: 1399407708
Pages: 80
Publication Date: 28 November 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Monthly tables (sun, moon, planets, stars) Altitude corrections GHA corrections Declination corrections Versines Log cosines ABC tables Examples Eclipses Planet notes Phases of the moon Pro formas Star charts

Kendall Carter was the pilot for HMS Ark Royal between 1991 and 1994, and also ran the Royal Navy's Navigation School. He was later harbour master for Portsmouth Harbour, and is now based in Australia, where he acts as a consultant for the Port Authority of New South Wales (Sydney). He is a Fellow of the Nautical Institute.

Reviews for Reeds Astro Navigation Tables 2024

Nothing I have seen comes near to the sensible format which I see before me * Tom Cunliffe, RYA Yachtmaster Examiner, author and sailor * Slim, modestly priced volume with clear, easily retrievable information * Cruising * You and your sextant could be lost without it * Yachting Monthly * I confidently recommend this system to my friends. It's much easier to work with than the others I've used * Bill Bailey, winner RIN/Little Ship Club Yachtmaster Ocean Award *