The American Practical Navigator

The best selling boating book ever. 1,000,000 sold. This 2011 edition is abridged. The chapters on celestial navigation are gone. The difficult art of celestial navigation is no longer a necessary part of navigation. PART 1 — FUNDAMENTALS CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION TO MARINE NAVIGATION CHAPTER 2. GEODESY AND DATUMS IN NAVIGATION CHAPTER 3. NAUTICAL CHARTS CHAPTER 4. NAUTICAL PUBLICATIONS PART 2 — PILOTING CHAPTER 5. SHORT RANGE AIDS TO NAVIGATION CHAPTER 6. COMPASSES CHAPTER 7. DEAD RECKONING CHAPTER 8. PILOTING CHAPTER 9. TIDES AND TIDAL CURRENTS PART 3 — ELECTRONIC NAVIGATION CHAPTER 10. RADIO WAVES CHAPTER 11. SATELLITE NAVIGATION CHAPTER 12. LORAN NAVIGATION CHAPTER 13. RADAR NAVIGATION CHAPTER 14. ELECTRONIC CHARTS PART 4 — CELESTIAL NAVIGATION CHAPTER 15. NAVIGATIONAL ASTRONOMY CHAPTER 16. INSTRUMENTS FOR CELESTIAL NAVIGATION CHAPTER 17. AZIMUTHS AND AMPLITUDES CHAPTER 18. TIME CHAPTER 19. THE ALMANACS CHAPTER 20. SIGHT REDUCTION PART 5 — NAVIGATIONAL MATHEMATICS CHAPTER 21. NAVIGATIONAL MATHEMATICS CHAPTER 22. CALCULATIONS AND CONVERSIONS CHAPTER 23. NAVIGATIONAL ERRORS CHAPTER 24. THE SAILINGS PART 6 — NAVIGATIONAL SAFETY CHAPTER 25. NAVIGATION PROCESSES CHAPTER 26. EMERGENCY NAVIGATION CHAPTER 27. NAVIGATION REGULATIONS CHAPTER 28. MARITIME SAFETY SYSTEMS CHAPTER 29. HYDROGRAPHY PART 7 — OCEANOGRAPHY CHAPTER 30. THE OCEANS CHAPTER 31. OCEAN CURRENTS CHAPTER 32. WAVES, BREAKERS AND SURF CHAPTER 33. ICE NAVIGATION PART 8 — MARINE METEOROLOGY CHAPTER 34. WEATHER ELEMENTS CHAPTER 35. TROPICAL CYCLONES CHAPTER 36. WEATHER OBSERVATIONS CHAPTER 37. WEATHER ROUTING The Coast Pilots, Light Lists and Sailing Directions are also available as separate books.