www.starpath.com/navpubs

These links change with time, so we try to keep them up to date here
(Please let us know if you find broken links.)

Bowditch - American Practical Navigator
Atlas of Pilot Charts
Chart No. 1
Distances Between Ports
International Code of Signals
NGA List of Lights
Radar Navigation and Maneuvering Board Manual
Radio Navigational Aids
Sailing Directions En route
Sailing Directions Planning Guides
Sight Reduction Tables for Air Navigation (Pub 249)
Sight Reduction Tables for Marine Navigation (Pub 229)
USCG Light List
World Port Index
chart of world magnetic variation
book on compass corrections
more...

NGA Nav Pubs

The NGA pubs link has a history of wandering around, hence we make a shortcut. Also transient security issues at the link often blocks entry

If the link does not work, try another browser (Firefox seems most robust for this one) or check our article on this link.

Ironic to go to a Navy site and be told the site is not safe! These are glitches, not security issues.

Coast Pilots for US Waters

Our portal to nautical chart resouces

Chart No. 1 with single document option. NGA has only parts

Collection of pdfs of old navigation books compiled by NavList members. We also have an extensive set of the orignal printed texts in our Stark Library, including an expanded set of ebooks.

NIMA Navigation Calculators expanded and modified by Starpath

Bowditch Tables for Vertical Sextant Angle Measurements
(calculators are available in the link above)

Navigation Rules ebooks and resources
(see bottom of linked page)

Worldwide magnetic variation chart 2020, high res

Also see Geomag, software program for accurate magnetic variation

Handbook of Magnetic Compass Adjustment

Work Forms for the Stark Tables for clearing lunar distances

Frank Reed's Precomputed Lunar Distance Tables (user designed)

Direct link to celestial navigator's dream page

Temp alternatives till USNO gets back online (maybe end of summer 2020)

Nautical almanac Increments and Corrections valid for any year, from navsoft, but we have our own compilation of this in our online resources if this one goes missing.

Logbook (135 kb pdf) for recording required inspections, drills, and other data.  For an actual Navigation logbook see our Sailors Logbook

This link is not consistent with the others; it is also in our marine weather links, but it is too important and it seems maybe too over looked, so we have to stress it whenever we can. We have this archived, so if the link goes missing, let us know. Tropical storm safety and the Mariner's 1-2-3 Rule
Since we are not being consistent, here are a couple more links from our weather resources.

PAC NW and Inside Passage Weather

Trans-Pacific Weather

Puget Sound Local Weather

starpath school of navigation, seattle, www.starpath.com