Manual of Yacht Navigation - Toghill 1st ed HC DJ

Manual of Yacht Navigation

Jeff Toghill

1st edition published October 1963, The K. G. Murray Publishing Company, Sydney.

The book deals with the subject of navigation from the point of view of the small boat navigator. It covers the practical need of yachts or cruisers under the difficult conditions experienced by these craft.

It deals with navigation as applied in the Southern Hemisphere, using the Australian coast as a basis for practical illustrations.

Contents:-

Part 1. The Princples and Practice of Navigation

1. Navigation equipment

2. The Ship's compass

3. The Chart

4. Plotting

5. Dead Reckoning

6. Tides and currents

7. Rule of the Road

8. Harbour Pilotage

9. Meteorology and Amateur Weather Forecasting

10. Radio

11. Emergency

12. Navigation by Sun Sights

Part 2. Chart and Light Information, Radio Frequencies and Working Schedules.

1. Extracts from the Catalogue and Index of Australian Charts and Admiralty Charts of Australian Waters

2. Abbreviations and Symbols used on Charts

3. Lights on the Australian Coast

4. Working Frequencies, Times, of Australian Coast Stations.

Illustrated - b&w drawings, tables etc

Hardcover, 172 pages, 556gms.

Condition: dj is worn - slight yellowing on the endpages, inscription on ffep, otherwise in very good condition - pages clean, uncreased. Binding tight.

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