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This book has been used for 30 years updated periodically as needed. More than 20000 students have successfully learned ocean navigation from these materials and gone on to cross oceans or circumnavigate the globe. This book covers how to find position at sea from timed sextant sights of the sun moon stars and planets plus other routine and special procedures of safe efficient offshore navigation. No previous navigation experience is required. The only math involved is arithmetic (adding and subtracting angles and times). This is a practical how-to-do-it book which also includes clear explanations of how it works and how to do it well. Plus this book includes other crucial factors of ocean navigation besides just finding out where you are from the stars such as logbook procedures dead reckoning error analysis route planning and more. At the end of this book you will be ready for ocean navigation. The book includes: text practice problems tables selections detailed glossary and full solutions. Printable work forms plotting sheets?? and other resources are available at no charge from www.starpath.com/celnavbook. Preface to the Second Edition: We are pleased to say that after ten more years of using this text we do not find reason to change the basic approach and methods of the