Emergency Navigation second edition
by David Burch

How to find your position and shape a course to safety with limited or no instruments at all. Second edition, 2008.
Bosuns Locker
Secondhand books and blemished new books at discount prices, when available
Radar For Mariners
by David Burch

Covers principles and practical use of radar. New in 2005. Recommended text for our online course.
Radar Workbook
By David Burch and Larry Brandt

Question and answers on marine radar. Supplement to Radar for Mariners
Inland and Coastal Navigation
By David Burch

The textbook used in our online and homestudy Inland and Coastal nav course. Available on its own for the first time.
Inland and Coastal Navigation Workbook
Realistic practice problems and selections from tide and current tables, Light List, and Coast Pilot. From our home study course, here sold separately, for those who want more practice.
Sea State Forecasting ebooks
Three classic texts on waves, swells, and sea state forcasting. Long out of print, impossible to find. Now available as ebooks on 1 CD.
Nav Rules Flash Cards
A great way to study the Nav Rules.
How to use Plastic Sextants
—with Applications to Metal Sextants and a Review of Sextant Piloting
by David Burch

Optimize your sextant sights, plastic and metal
Robert E. Peary at the North Pole
By Thomas D. Davies

A Report to the National Geographic Society detailing the first expedition to successfully reach the North Pole.
Pub. 102, International Code of Signals
Covers visual, sound, and radio communications.
Annotated Navigation Rules
Highlights all differences between the International and US Inland Navigation Rules.
1851 Bowditch eBook
The complete text and tables of the American Practical Navigator from 1851.
Introduction to Ship Stability
by Capt. RCE Kitching

Printed materials to accompany the Online Stability Course.
We the Navigators
By David Lewis

The classic study of Polynesian navigation and early long-distance voyages by sailing canoe.
Farwells Rules of the Nautical Road
by Craig H. Allen

Every serious student of the Navigation Rules should own this book.
Canadian Current Atlas
Graphical current data for San Juan Islands, E. Juan de Fuca Strait, and the S. Straits of Georgia. The best source available for these regions.
Washburne Tables
by Randel Washburne

An annual guide to the Canadian Current Atlas. Used by NW mariners for more than 20 years.
American Practical Navigator, Bicentennial edition.
Bowditch's American Practical Navigator, Bicentennial edition, includes bonus CD
Secrets of the Viking Navigators
by Leif K. Karlsen

A new look at viking navigation, sun stones, and related topics
The Nautical Sextant
by WJ Morris

How sextants work and how to repair them.
The Navigation Rules,
US Inland and International Waters

The official USCG wording, publication COMDTINST MI6672.2D.
Fundamentals of Kayak Navigation
by David Burch

Recommended by Kayak instructors, worldwide. Now in its 4th edition. Covers in detail the effects of wind and current as well.
Portneys Ponderables
by Joe Portney

Brain Teasers for Navigators
Radar Navigation Manual, Pub. 1310
The standard text used in many Radar Navigation Schools
Chart No.1
Nautical Chart Symbols and Abbreviations

Paperback version, now out of print by the government. Available while supplies last.
Radar and ARPA Manual, 2nd ed.
The definitive advanced text on all aspects of radar and ARPA.
Onboard Navigation Exercise Book
As used on Starpath's Onboard Navigation Courses.
Tidal Currents of Puget Sound
by NOAA, University of WA Dept. of Oceanography,
and WA Sea Grant

Current Charts plus Tide Prints of Puget Sound.


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