"Shaun Van Poecke" wrote:

I have a very vague memory of maybe having read that book.... is that the
one where the guy sails to the pacific in a sloop or something and does a
bunch of research on how the navigators there follow 'star paths' by having
them navigate the boat in double blind tests (he locked away all his charts
and compass)? If so it was a pretty good read. Ill have to have a look for
that one again....

Your vague memory may in this respect be refreshed, and also expanded,
if you lread the discussion in Wikipedia about the Polynesian
Voyagaing Society and also the material/links on the PVS's own website
-- re. which, see, e.g.

http://pvs.kcc.hawaii.edu/aboutpvs.html
http://hokulea.soest.hawaii.edu/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polynes...yaging_Society