The Lo-Tech Navigator
by Tony Crowley
List Price:
Our Price: $11.75
You Save: $6.20 (35%)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Buy Used: from $8.59 (click here)
Category: Book
See more book details and other editions
Book Summary Information
Author: Tony CrowleyEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2004-07-31
ISBN: 1574091913
Number of pages: 148
Publisher: Sheridan House
Book Reviews of The Lo-Tech Navigator
Book Review: A straightforward and practical guide
Summary: 5 Stars
The Lo-Tech Navigator is a straightforward and practical guide to navigating at sea without the use of modern computers and advanced navigational devices. Such devices are useful, but sometimes they fail; and sometimes sailors can't afford such tools to begin with. The Lo-Tech Navigator discusses how to build and use simple compasses, sextants, and other simple tools that can cultivate navigational skills while saving hundreds of dollars. The basic mathematical formulas for calculating such things as longitude are described with examples. Color photographs and poetry releated to seafaring sprinkle amid this superb resource, recommended for all sea voyagers - it's always good to back up one's aids and gadgets with good old-fashioned knowledge.
Summary of The Lo-Tech Navigator
In The Lo-Tech Navigator, author Tony Crowley demonstrates that one can build simple but effective navigation tools from inexpensive materials readily available. He outlines dozens of ingenious projects in detail, ranging from a working compass made out of a bucket and a plastic ball, to the use of an empty cassette case as a functioning sextant, and measuring 6 degree angles using a Kamal, a simple string and board used by Arabs to cross the Indian Ocean. Combining a little ingenuity with deep seafaring knowledge, Crowley's suggestions will help sailors cultivate their understanding of navigational tools in use today.Scattered among the projects is a collection of seafaring tales, puzzles, poetry, and nautical mysteries, all of which enhance the text with adventure and whimsy.
Boating Books
Book Subjects
- Arts & Photography
- Biographies & Memoirs
- Business & Investing
- Children's Books
- Comics & Graphic Novels
- Computers & Internet
- Cooking, Food & Wine
- Entertainment
- Gay & Lesbian
- Health, Mind & Body
- History
- Home & Garden
- Horror
- Law
- Literature & Fiction
- Mystery & Thrillers
- Nonfiction
- Outdoors & Nature
- Parenting & Families
- Professional & Technical
- Reference
- Religion & Spirituality
- Romance
- Science
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Sports
- Teens
- Travel
Most talked about in Boating Books
How to Build Wooden Boats: With 16 Small-Boat Designs (Dover Woodworking)by Edwin Monk
Dover Publications; Published: 1993-02-05; Paperback; Book
Best price: $6.60
Price in other shops:
Knight's Modern Seamanship, 18th EditionWiley; Published: 1988-12-01; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $112.39
Price in other shops:
The Proving Ground: The Inside Story of the 1998 Sydney to Hobart Raceby G. Bruce Knecht
Warner Books; Published: 2002-04-01; Mass Market Paperback; Book
Best price: $52.95
Cork Boatby John Pollack
Pantheon; Published: 2004-01-06; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $3.55
Price in other shops:
North France & Belgium Cruising (Cruising Companion)by Neville Featherstone
Fernhurst; Published: 2001-12-07; Paperback; Book
Best price: $25.12
Get Your Captain's License: The Complete Study Guide, Second Editionby Charlie Wing
McGraw-Hill Companies; Published: 2000-04-08; Paperback; Book
Best price: $36.95
Price in other shops:
Small-Boat Seamanship Manualby Richard N. Aarons
International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press; Published: 2002-07-22; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $73.34
Heavy Weather Sailing, 30th Anniversary Editionby Peter Bruce
International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press; Published: 1999-10-19; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $169.44
Latitude Hooks and Azimuth Rings: How to Build and Use 18 Traditional Navigational Instrumentsby Dennis Fisher
International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press; Published: 1994-12-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $11.30
Price in other shops:
Troubleshooting Marine Dieselsby Peter Compton
International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press; Published: 1997-09-01; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $11.78
Price in other shops:
Similar Books and other products
Sundials: Their Theory and Construction (Anywhere But Naxos)by Albert Waugh
Dover Publications; Published: 1973-06-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $2.99
Price in other shops:
Celestial Navigation For The Cluelessby Jeremy Bernal
CreateSpace; Published: 2009-04-29; Paperback; Book
Best price: $16.47
Price in other shops:
Pencil, Paper and Stars: The Handbook of Traditional and Emergency Navigation (Wiley Nautical)by Alastair Buchan
Wiley; Published: 2008-05-27; Paperback; Book
Best price: $15.19
Price in other shops:
Celestial Navigation in the GPS Ageby John Karl
Paradise Cay Publications; Published: 2011-08-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $16.10
Price in other shops:
The Sextant Handbookby Bruce Bauer
International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press; Published: 1995-02-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $10.21
Price in other shops:
The Barefoot Navigatorby Jack Lagan
Sheridan House; Published: 2006-09-06; Paperback; Book
Best price: $12.15
Price in other shops:
Emergency Navigation Cardby David Burch
Paradise Cay Publications; Published: 2000-06; Cards; Book
Best price: $9.70
Price in other shops:
Finding Your Way Without Map or Compassby Harold Gatty
Dover Publications; Published: 1999-03-19; Paperback; Book
Best price: $4.71
Price in other shops:
Emergency Navigation, 2nd Edition: Improvised and No-Instrument Methods for the Prudent Marinerby David Burch
International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press; Published: 2008-06-20; Paperback; Book
Best price: $11.01
Price in other shops:
Latitude Hooks and Azimuth Rings: How to Build and Use 18 Traditional Navigational Instrumentsby Dennis Fisher
International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press; Published: 1994-12-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $11.30
Price in other shops: