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Some time ago, Gene Grossman signed on as a crew-member with some friends of his who were delivering a large sailboat with no navigation electronics from Marina del Rey California, through the Panama Canal, to a charter company’s tropical island location.
On the evening of departure, Gene asked the young skipper (Ron) which crew-member was going to be acting as navigator. Ron answered “I am,” Gene responded, “Oh, I didn’t know you knew celestial navigation.” Ron said “I don’t, but I will by the time we get down to Baja.”
When Gene asked Ron how he intended to learn celestial navigation in the next week or so, Ron responded, “No problem, Gene, you’re going to teach it to me.”
At that point in time Gene did not know anything about celestial navigation, and when he confessed that lack of knowledge, Ron said, “that’s okay; I’ve got some books about it on board, and I know you went to college, so you can learn it and teach it to me.”
Gene was relieved of ‘watch’ duty and spent the next couple of weeks immersing himself in the subject. By the time they reached Cabo San Lucas, Gene was on the beach giving lectures to other boaters desirous of a celestial navigation refresher course.
Bottom line: There is no shortage of books that purport to teach you the classic art of Celestial Navigation, but almost all fall short in one way: they lose you early on by using terms you’ve never heard of, assuming that you already have that knowledge. The writers of those books just don’t have the ability to ‘dumb things down’ to the level of absolute beginner.
Gene Grossman solves that problem by assuming that you are a complete idiot, and talks down to you in such a simple way that you’re sure to understand everything simple step that he clearly explains.
This is the perfect book for any boater interested in improving his or her navigational skills, and would like to look into proper use of the sextant to navigate around the world without depending on the reliability of several expensive electronic devices.
There are no complicated drawings, no mathematical problems, no big astronomical words you’ve never heard of, and no reason to feel like the idiot you are with respect to celestial navigation.
Reading this book is guaranteed to raise your level from ‘Idiot’ up to being merely ‘Navigationally Challenged,’ and will also suggest how to further elevate your status to that of Competent Navigator.
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Some time ago, Gene Grossman signed on as a crew-member with some friends of his who were delivering a large sailboat with no navigation electronics from Marina del Rey California, through the Panama Canal, to a charter company’s tropical island location.
On the evening of departure, Gene asked the young skipper (Ron) which crew-member was going to be acting as navigator. Ron answered “I am,” Gene responded, “Oh, I didn’t know you knew celestial navigation.” Ron said “I don’t, but I will by the time we get down to Baja.”
When Gene asked Ron how he intended to learn celestial navigation in the next week or so, Ron responded, “No problem, Gene, you’re going to teach it to me.”
At that point in time Gene did not know anything about celestial navigation, and when he confessed that lack of knowledge, Ron said, “that’s okay; I’ve got some books about it on board, and I know you went to college, so you can learn it and teach it to me.”
Gene was relieved of ‘watch’ duty and spent the next couple of weeks immersing himself in the subject. By the time they reached Cabo San Lucas, Gene was on the beach giving lectures to other boaters desirous of a celestial navigation refresher course.
Bottom line: There is no shortage of books that purport to teach you the classic art of Celestial Navigation, but almost all fall short in one way: they lose you early on by using terms you’ve never heard of, assuming that you already have that knowledge. The writers of those books just don’t have the ability to ‘dumb things down’ to the level of absolute beginner.
Gene Grossman solves that problem by assuming that you are a complete idiot, and talks down to you in such a simple way that you’re sure to understand everything simple step that he clearly explains.
This is the perfect book for any boater interested in improving his or her navigational skills, and would like to look into proper use of the sextant to navigate around the world without depending on the reliability of several expensive electronic devices.
There are no complicated drawings, no mathematical problems, no big astronomical words you’ve never heard of, and no reason to feel like the idiot you are with respect to celestial navigation.
Reading this book is guaranteed to raise your level from ‘Idiot’ up to being merely ‘Navigationally Challenged,’ and will also suggest how to further elevate your status to that of Competent Navigator.
Celestial Navigation for the Complete Idiot - A Simple Explanation (Safe Boating Series) Reviews
Celestial Navigation for the Complete Idiot - A Simple Explanation (Safe Boating Series) Reviews
| 7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:  Poorly Done, By Amazon Verified Purchase This review is from: Celestial Navigation for the Complete Idiot - A Simple Explanation (Safe Boating Series) (Kindle Edition) I enjoy navigation and celestial navigation in particular. In this short book, the author spins some enjoyable yarns and talks much >about< celestial navigation but falls far short of actual instruction, which was it's stated goal. I found his attempt at a new way of teaching celnav to be a very disjointed, nearly continuous infomercial for his website where he sells instructional videos. I wish that I could return this download to Amazon/Kindle for a full refund - and recoop a wasted evening of reading while I am at it. For the simplest short book to learn practical celestial navigation, might I recommend George Buehler's "How to Find Where you Are By The Sun" , subtitled "what you better know when the GPS dies" from [...] There are a few typographical errors here and there, but his IS a very understandable instruction booklet with some theory so that you understand why it works. His humor is excellent. 1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:  Celestial Navigation, By Amazon Verified Purchase This review is from: Celestial Navigation for the Complete Idiot: A Simple Explanation (Paperback) Many typographical errors and repeated incorrect information thoughout the book. Seems it is written as a primer billboard to sell further non-related books and products. An easy read, but contains many, many errors. Completely Disappointed, By This review is from: Celestial Navigation for the Complete Idiot - A Simple Explanation (Safe Boating Series) (Kindle Edition) This book only discusses one narrow aspect of celestial navigation, the noon shot. You can get the same information from Wikipedia and the free owner's manuals available for Davis sextants. Frankly, the book just seemed like a long plug for the authors more expensive DVD series. On top of that, the book was very poorly formatted. Font sizes varied from tiny to readable on every page. I would NOT recommend this book to anyone. I also sincerely regret buying this book from the Barnes and Noble website and not Amazon. B&N does not allow returns - Amazon does. |
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