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  • Paperback: 176 pages
  • Publisher: International Marine (1 Dec 1994)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0070211205
  • ISBN-13: 978-0070211209
  • Product Dimensions: 28.8 x 21.4 x 1.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
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``This is a nifty book that will appeal to a wide variety of yacht owners.#.#.For those who like simple solutions to complex situations and those who like to create their own devices, this book with its straightforward diagrams and comprehensive information would make a delightful gift.'' (Coastal Cruising )

``.#.#.for people who like to work with their hands and appreciate traditional nautical craftsmanship.#.#.Each project emphasizes simplicity and reasonable cost and is true to the spirit and fucntion of the original instrument.'' (Nautical Collector )


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Latitude Hooks and Azimuth Rings is for people who like to work with their hands and who appreciate traditional nautical craftsmanship. You don't have to be the master of any craft to undertake any of these projects--from a simple kamal or latitude hook to the more complex pelorus or octant--just a careful and enthusiastic worker.

These 18 projects fall roughly into three categories: decorative, useful, and somewhere in between. Some, such as the astrolabe, are mainly for display. On the other hand, the sounding line is an important and practical tool for small-craft navigation, particularly in the absence of an electronic sounder. The cross-staff falls somewhere in between, equally at home in the den or the ditch kit.

Each of the devices discussed here--with simple, proven building instructions complemented by clear illustrations--has at one time or another been used for the practical business of navigation, and each is worth reviving for its beauty, historic value, or sheer usefulness.

Dennis Fisher has designed these projects with an emphasis on simplicity and reasonable cost. Everything can be scratch-built using easily obtainable materials and tools, and each is true to the spirit and function of the original instrument.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Simplified, easy to make instruments, 18 Jun 2007
By R. Williams (Kent, UK) - See all my reviews
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The instruments shown in this book can be made easily by almost anyone. In general, the instruments as described are not really good enough to use for the primary means of navigation - however that is not the intention of the book. It does what it sets out to do very competently, and that is to review some of the ancient navigation instruments and enable anyone to make simple functional replicas of them. Most of the designs can be worked up with additional data from other sources into primary navigation instruments.

In the main, the designs are correct, if somewhat sparse on calculation detail. However, there appears to be an error in the Nocturnal (Chapter 8) where the angles for the Great Bear and Little Bear have been incorrectly rotated 54 degrees clockwise relative to the hour scale. I have attempted to notify the publishers of this error - whether any notice has been taken, I do not know.

Barring the error in the nocurnal, I must say I thoroughly enjoyed the book and will be making a few of the instruments shown in the next few weeks.
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