Celestial Navigation: Adjusting your Sextant

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Uploaded by on Sep 27, 2010

Navigating by the heavenly bodies is one of the oldest of the mariner's arts -- and one of the most awe-inspiring. It is also essential for every ocean sailor who wants to be able to fix his position should the GPS fail.

In the book, Celestial Navigation, Tom Cunliffe shows how to master the art in easy stages. Today he talks about Adjusting your Sextant.

Read more at: http://www.wileynautical.com/celestial

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  • Sir the first error has to be check is EOP error of perpendicularity ??? then side error and last is index error my teachers taught me this ....

  • Thanks mate - had my exam today. had to brush up on sextant errors

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