The Barometer Handbook By David Burch

We now have many valuable applications of accurate pressure, and we also have affordable ways to get it, and we have convenient ways to prove our instruments work properly. The main goal of this book is to show how all this comes about, and to give a bit more insight into this fascinating, venerable instrument that has been with us for 150 years. Another goal is to introduce users to the new breed of electronic devices that are in the process of revolutionizing how we do weather at sea.

7.5" x 9.25" paperback, 250 pages, many illustrations.

Robert E. Peary at the North Pole By Rear Admiral Thomas D. Davies and members of The Navigation Foundation

A new printing with related correspondence of the original 1990 report to the National Geographic Society by The Foundation for the Promotion of the Art of Navigation concerning the navigation and other particulars of Robert Peary and Matthew Hensen's trip to the North Pole in 1909. This book contains the definitive analysis of the navigation and achievement of the discovery.

8.25" x 11" paperback, 250 pages, vintage photograph prints and many illustrations.

Stark Tables for Clearing the Lunar Distance By Bruce Stark

Forthcoming ...February 2010
Navigation historian Bruce Stark has devoted many years to perfecting this modern version of Lunar Distance tables. To our knowledge, there are no other versions of this type of table in print today, although tables of this type were indeed the mainstay of navigation up till about 1900. They can be used by navigators for practicing the old ways, or they can indeed be used to find your longitude today without GMT.

8.25" x 11" paperback, 250 pages.

International Code of Signals (Pub.102) By NIMA

The International Code of Signals is an international system of signals and codes for use by vessels to communicate important messages regarding safety of navigation and related matters. Covers visual, sound, and radio communications.

8.25" x 11" paperback, 166 pages.

Inland and Coastal Navigation Workbook By David Burch

Realistic practice problems in chart work and general navigation and the Navigation Rules. Includes selections from tide and current tables, Light List, and Coast Pilot. An excellent companion to our textbook on navigation. Used in navigation schools nationwide.

8.25" x 11" paperback, 112 pages.

Tidal Currents of Puget Sound

This publication combines the full Puget Sound Tidal Current Charts and Tide Prints. Tide Prints show the flow patterns and how they evolve throughout the current cycle. There is one print for every 3 hours throughout the cycle. They are indexed to the tide height in Seattle. Current Charts show the values of the currents at each reference station. There is one chart for every hour throughout the cycle. They are indexed to the tidal current at Admiralty Inlet.

Comparing Tide Prints and Current Charts shows the locations of eddies and bands of current, and how these bands and eddies move and interact as the current cycle evolves.

8.25" x 11" paperback, 88 pages.

Ocean Navigation Practice Voyage By David Burch

Forthcoming ...winter 2010
An extensive practice exercise based on an actual voyage to Hawaii made solely by celestial navigation. Includes all required table selections and complete logbook.

7" x 10" paperback, 95 pages.

Secrets of the Viking Navigators By Leif K. Karlsen

Most navigators have heard of Viking sunstones, but few realize they are more than legend. Leif Karlsen has brought them to life. He shows us how they work—now, and a thousand years ago—and what it was that led the Viking navigators to develop this unique tool for finding the direction to the sun, even when the sun is obscured by clouds or fog.

6.5" x 9" paperback, 208 pages, many illustrations, and color photos.

Modern Marine Weather By David Burch

A new, comprehensive text on how to take weather into account for the planning and navigation of voyages, local or global, using the latest technologies as well as the time-honored skills of maritime tradition, so that your time on the water remains as safe and efficient as possible.

7.5" x 9.25" paperback, 336 pages, many illustrations.

The Star Finder Book By David Burch

This is the second edition of a book that has been in print since 1984. This book turns the 2102-D Star Finder into a hand-held planetarium, which will become your most important tool for star ID and for planning star and planet sights in celestial navigation. It also includes many unique practical tables not found elsewhere, such as how to tell the best use of the moon from its age, how to compare brightness of stars and planets in an easy way, which stars are reddish, and more.

7.5" x 9.25", paperback, 62 pages, 85 illus.

Portney's Ponderables By Joe Portney

Navigation puzzles, controversies, historical problems, and other ponderables demystified by an expert navigator and writer. Joe Portney is a US Naval Academy graduate and Air Force navigator who has participated in three historic flights over the North Pole. He is a past President of the Institute of Navigation and recipient of the Weems Award for continuing contributions to the art and science of navigation. He has produced a wonderful little book here, chock filled with interesting tidbits, each of which can be read in a few minutes but will stimulate your thought for many days to come. Some are very basic, others more involved, but he provides a clear explanation of each.

5" x 8", paperback, 170 pages, many illus.

Celestial Navigation By David Burch

This book covers how to find position at sea from timed sextant sights of the sun, moon, stars, and planets plus other routine and special procedures of safe, efficient offshore navigation. Includes clear explanations of how it works and how to do it well. Plus this book covers other crucial factors of ocean navigation besides just finding out where you are from the stars, such as logbook procedures, dead reckoning, error analysis, route planning, etc. At the end of this book, you will be ready for ocean navigation. Thousands of students have successfully learned celestial from these materials and gone on to cross oceans or circumnavigate the globe.

8.25" x 11", paperback, 247 pages.

Inland and Coastal Navigation By David Burch

Practical small-craft navigation (sail or power) starting from the basics and ending with all that is needed to navigate safely and efficiently on inland and coastal waters in all weather conditions. For beginners and more experienced mariners alike. No previous knowledge is required, we start from the basics. Many thousands of students have successfully learned navigation from these materials and gone on to bare boat chartering or day sailing or world cruising in their own boats.

8.25" x 11", paperback, 230 pages.

Long Term Almanac By Geoffrey Kolbe

Sun and Star Almanac extended to 2050, plus concise sight reduction tables. A complete celestial back-up to GPS, or use it as an elegant one-book solution to celestial navigation at sea. Includes work forms and all required auxiliary tables, including sections on great circle routing and compass checks.

Second Edition, 7" x 10", paperback, 118 pages.

Radar Workbook By David Burch

Question and answers on marine radar designed to accompany the Radar for Mariners. There are multiple choice questions and "points of ponder" questions for each of the seven lessons listed in our online course on radar along with the answers. Blank radar plotting sheets are included along with a list of common radar abbreviations. This workbook is in use by numerous schools throughout the US. Anyone who answers all the questions in this workbook has a sound understanding of the fundamentals of marine radar operation.

31 pages, paperback, 8.5" x 11".

Weather Workbook By David Burch

This workbook is intended to supplement the text Modern Marine Weather with practice questions and convenient resources. All answers are provided. The Lesson structure here matches the chapter structure in the textbook. There are multiple choice questions and "points of ponder" questions for each of the ten chapters. Anyone who answers all the questions in this workbook has a sound understanding of practical marine weather.

70 pages, paperback, 8.5" x 11".

Notfall Navigation von David Burch

Das lange vergriffene Kultbuch von David Burch, einem der weltbesten Navigatoren und Gründer der Starpath School of Navigation, nun auf Deutsch neu erschienen. Kein Survival-Handbuch, sondern ein umfassendes Werk über die eigentlichen Grundlagen der Orientierung auf See, von den polynesischen Sternenpfaden bis zum Steuern nach dem Wind und nach Wellenbildern. Wenn die Technik teilweise oder zur Gänze versagt sollte der verantwortungsbewusste Skipper oder Navigator zumindest einige der hier aufgearbeiteten Grundlagen um Kopf haben. Ein leicht verständliches Standardwerk für alle, die sich mit dem Hochsee-Segeln befassen. übersetzt von Peer Reeh and Heinz Ressl.

278 Seiten, broschiert, 190mm x 235mm.

Marine Weather of Western WA By Kenneth E. Lilly, JR.

The definitive resource for marine weather in the Pacific Northwest—the book's title is far too restrictive for its actual content. Weather patterns discussed apply from northern California, well up into British Columbia, it is just that there are a large number of actual examples from the Puget Sound and San Juan Islands area. All well written on a thorough yet non-technical level. This book includes real data and analysis that will affect how you interpret and apply marine weather information in the Northwest.

150 pages, paperback, 8.5" x 11".

The Navigator's Newsletter By The Navigation Foundation

Besides Foundation news, the newsletters contain member's correspondence, articles on navigation techniques, history of navigation, biographies of individuals important to navigation, book reviews, and navigation practice problems. They have been issued quarterly since 1983. The full compilation of all Newsletters is also available as a DVD.

Quarterly Publication, 12-16 pages, 8.5" x 11".

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Fundamentals of Kayak Navigation

This definitive guide for navigators contains every pertinent piece of information needed to chart an accurate course, whether on open water or between islands - or icebergs. Whether a rank novice or a seasoned kayaking veteran, whether paddling the shoreline of a friendly lake or attempting to cross the Bering Strait, whether a kayaker or a sailor, you will benefit from the indispensable knowledge contained in this book.

Paperback, 7.5" x 9.25," 300 pages, many illustrations, published by Globe Piquot Press, 4th edition, 2008

Emergency Navigation

Once we have learned to navigate by conventional methods using all available equipment in all circumstances, the task of the prudent navigator reduces to learning about weather and how to navigate with only limited instruments or none at all. This book teaches the latter subject.

268 pages, 140 illustrations, paperback, published by McGraw Hill (2008), with a Foreword by David Lewis, author of We, the Navigators

Radar For Mariners

Nothing beats radar for guiding your boat through the darkest night or the thickest fog. Radar enables you to plot a fix from just a single buoy or landmark, and it is the only navigation tool that tells you not just where you are, but who else and What else is out there with you. Today's smaller, affordable, more powerful radars make more sense than ever for sailors and power boaters.

250 pages, 7" x 10" paperback, many illustrations, includes a Radar Resources CD. Published by McGraw-Hill.