Hundreds of years ago, Celestial Navigation was considered a national secret, because the country that could navigate could find the best trade routes and would also be able to have its naval fleet rendezvous.
Nowadays, utilizing the developments made by Nathaniel Bowditch (tables to solve the celestial triangle) and John Harrison (accurate timepiece) plus newer sextants, computers and quartz time keeping devices, celestial navigation is available to every sailor... but for some reason, the old mystique seems to linger.
The purpsose of this program is to once and for all de-mystify the subject, and clearly explain how it works and what it does, in plain English.
Skipper Gene Grossman covers the entire subject, from comparison to Coastal Piloting, to the various methods of navigation using all the celestial bodies... and if you watch all the way through, you'll see the surprise ending that will show how to change the cover and graudate from "Idiot" to "Navigator."
Beach House Sailboat
Cape Hatteras Light by David Knowlton
Americas Cup Trio II
Sailing the World Alone
