Joe wrote:

Martin Baxter wrote in message ...

Joe wrote:


Go to ebay and get a copy of Bowditch The American Pratical Navigator.

Why on earth go to Ebay, it's available online?



He's a student and needs to learn to save money when possiable.
I purchace many things off ebay and have been quite happy.

Sorry Joe, I guess I didn't include sufficient information in my post, it's available
online for FREE. He can save more money that way than purchasing it on Ebay, 'tho it
might be taking money out of Boobsy's hands!

Cheers
Marty

The Solent, eh? Watch out for all the cigarette butts in the water, I
hear they can clog your water intakes.


--
Scott Vernon
Plowville Pa _/)__/)_/)_


"Jcasey22" wrote in message
...
Hey folks, I've been lurking around this group awhile and must say,
I get some
great laughs, you guys are crazy(too much time at sea, or too
little?) Anyway,
I'm headed back to the UK to attend the UKSA for 17 weeks to gain a
yachtmaster
certification, hopefully. I want to have a better understanding of
the basics
before I get there, as the Solent is a hell of a place to learn on
the run. I
am in need of a good source of info and study guides for navigation,
tidal
calculations and other such things. I have a little training in
both, so I am
at the point at where I can understand the language and use the
tools involed.
I am shelling out a lot of dough for the school as it is, so if I
can find
these things on the cheap, it would be great.

Joseph

"Jcasey22" wrote in message
...
Hey folks, I've been lurking around this group awhile and must say, I get
some
great laughs, you guys are crazy(too much time at sea, or too little?)
Anyway,
I'm headed back to the UK to attend the UKSA for 17 weeks to gain a
yachtmaster
certification, hopefully. I want to have a better understanding of the
basics
before I get there, as the Solent is a hell of a place to learn on the
run. I
am in need of a good source of info and study guides for navigation, tidal
calculations and other such things. I have a little training in both, so I
am
at the point at where I can understand the language and use the tools
involed.
I am shelling out a lot of dough for the school as it is, so if I can find
these things on the cheap, it would be great.

I notice that you have had a load of useless answers about cigarette butts
and fog.

Only I and the good Capt. Neal are capable of offering helpful advice.


The book that you are looking for is called "An Introduction to Coastal
Navigation - a seaman's guide".
ISBN 0 984254 02 5

Published by:
Morgans Technical Books Ltd

It is available from most chandlers.


Regards


Donal
--

Welcome Joeseph,

I've used the ASA, US Sailing, and US Power Squadron course books, and
taught sailing using the US Sailing study guides. I like the US Power
Squadron (USPS) Piloting and Advance Piloting the best, but you have
to join to get them and wait for shipment. THE USPS courses cover
topics you won't find elsewhere, like using a sextant horizontally for
circles of position. They might be better for later study after you
have the basics down.

The US Sailing books are easy to find. See the US Sailing web site or
Amazon.com, They have lots of good material in an easy to use format.
Youmight want to start with the Basic Keelboat book and read them
all.

Here is a link to their coastal navigation book. It has some good
chart work problems in it.

http://www.ussailing.org/commercial/...ioncoastal.htm

Give us some feedback on the yachtmaster program, they were the basis
for the ASA and US Sailing programs in the USA. What does it cost?
How long? And quality of the instructors.

One final recommendation. To get your money's worth, chose the best
instructors they have.

Bart Senior


(Jcasey22) wrote

I'm headed back to the UK to attend the UKSA for 17 weeks to gain a yachtmaster
certification, hopefully. I want to have a better understanding of the basics
before I get there, as the Solent is a hell of a place to learn on the run. I
am in need of a good source of info and study guides for navigation, tidal
calculations and other such things. I have a little training in both, so I am
at the point at where I can understand the language and use the tools involed.
I am shelling out a lot of dough for the school as it is, so if I can find
these things on the cheap, it would be great.

Joseph

Here is a link to their coastal navigation book. It has some good
chart work problems in it

Just ordered it, looks to be of some help. This is exactly what I was looking
for. I found Bowditch online and it's stuffed to the gills with info and looks
like a must have refrence.

Give us some feedback on the yachtmaster program,

I can only give some feedback on the UKSA Professional Crew and Skipper
training course. I was there about a year ago but due to a medical problem, I
had to return to the states, which scared the **** out of me because the
tuition was so high. Well it was high for me, being a broke college kid when I
fell in love with sailing, actually it's still high for me, even at the lofty
age of 23. It took three jobs and almost two years to save the $20,000 for
tuition, airfare and "mile building." The tuition covers 8 weeks training at
sea and 9 weeks shore-based training. The instructors are top-notch(even for
Brits), I found the whole school to be flooded with people that love what they
do and it rubs off. You can go here to get all of the info on the school.
http://www.uksa.org/
Thanks for the help on the study guides.
Joe

Bowditch is available HERE in electronic format.:
http://pollux.nss.nima.mil/pubs/pubs...s.html?rid=187

Hope you find what yer looking for.
-Paul