{"product_id":"sextant-hdbk-2e","title":"Sextant Hdbk 2e","description":"\u003cp\u003eLoran and GPS notwithstanding, there will always be a place for the sextant aboard any blue-water boat, if for no other reason than the thrill and mystery of finding one's position on earth by gazing at the heavens. Here is the indispensable reference that should accompany the instrument aboard. Cmdr. Bruce Bauer, a professional navigator and master mariner with the U.S. Merchant Marine, has distilled years of hands-on experience into an eminently readable guide to buying, adjusting, using, and repairing sextants.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Sextant Handbook\u003c\/i\u003e is dedicated to the premise that electronic navigation devices, while too convenient to disregard, are too vulnerable to rely on exclusively. The book is designed to make beginner and expert alike conversant with this most beautiful and functional of the navigator's tools. Topics include: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eAssembly and Disassembly\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eVital Adjustments\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAvoiding Problems\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eRough Weather Sightings\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOiling and Cleaning\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eImmersion Baths\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEmergency Silvering\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFinding and Buying Used Sextants\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAnd Much More\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eYou'll also find a list of distributors, manufacturers, and dealers worldwide, a discussion of future trends, and numerous helpful hints, including sighting with eyeglasses and using a Rude starfinder. All in a thoroughly revised edition of a book acclaimed by navigation professionals.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCmdr. Bruce A. Bauer, USN (ret.)\u003c\/b\u003e, is a professional navigator and master mariner with the U.S. Merchant Marine. He presently commands a Navy research vessel sailing between the United States and the Caribbean islands and recently commanded the ship that was successful in relocating the historic sunken submarine \u003ci\u003eMonitor\u003c\/i\u003e off Cape Hatteras. A former destroyer captain, Cmdr. Bauer has taught radar and been a senior instructor for the Master Mates and Pilots School of Advanced Studies and also served as the commander of the Naval Research Lab at Chesapeake Beach, Maryland. In addition to \u003ci\u003eThe Sextant Handbook\u003c\/i\u003e, Cmdr. Bauer has written articles on the subject of marine sextants for \u003ci\u003eCruising World\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSAIL\u003c\/i\u003e magazines. He lives with his artist wife, Nancy, on the shores of the Chesapeake in Deale, Maryland.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"McGraw-Hill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50318025621778,"sku":"9780070052192","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_85827af8-09cb-47ec-a453-78ffb4c97882.jpg?v=1737061502","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/sextant-hdbk-2e","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}