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Marine Navigation 1 : Piloting

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  • © 1981

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Authors:
  1. Richard R. Hobbs

    1. U.S. Naval Reserve, USA

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Part of the book series: Fundamentals of Naval Science Series (FNSS, volume 4)

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. The Art of Navigation

    • Richard R. Hobbs
    Pages 1-3

  3. The Shipboard Navigation Department Organization

    • Richard R. Hobbs
    Pages 4-8

  4. The Piloting Team

    • Richard R. Hobbs
    Pages 9-16

  5. The Nautical Chart

    • Richard R. Hobbs
    Pages 17-50

  6. Navigational Publications

    • Richard R. Hobbs
    Pages 51-76

  7. Visual Navigation Aids

    • Richard R. Hobbs
    Pages 77-109

  8. Navigational Instruments

    • Richard R. Hobbs
    Pages 110-130

  9. Dead Reckoning

    • Richard R. Hobbs
    Pages 131-150

  10. Shipboard Compasses

    • Richard R. Hobbs
    Pages 151-170

  11. Radar

    • Richard R. Hobbs
    Pages 171-182

  12. Tide

    • Richard R. Hobbs
    Pages 183-205

  13. Current

    • Richard R. Hobbs
    Pages 206-231

  14. Current Sailing

    • Richard R. Hobbs
    Pages 232-241

  15. Precise Piloting and Anchoring

    • Richard R. Hobbs
    Pages 242-259

  16. Voyage Planning

    • Richard R. Hobbs
    Pages 260-283

  17. Back Matter

    Pages 285-348
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About this book

Throughout the history of warfare at sea, navigation has been an important basic determinant of victory. Occasionally, new members of the fraternity of the sea will look upon navigation as a chore to be tolerated only as long as it takes to find someone else to assume the responsibility. In my experience, such individuals never make good naval officers. Commander Hobbs has succeeded in bringing together the information and practical skills required for that individual who would take the first step down the road toward becoming a competent marine navigator. At the outset of this book, the author stresses the necessity for safe navigation, but there is another basic tenet of sea warfare that this book serves. The best weapons system man has ever devised cannot function effectively unless it knows where it is in relation to the real world, where it is in relation to the enemy, and where the enemy is in relation to the real world. Not all defeats can be attributed to this lack of information, but no victories have been won by those who did not know where they were.

Authors and Affiliations

  • U.S. Naval Reserve, USA

    Richard R. Hobbs

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Marine Navigation 1 : Piloting

  • Authors: Richard R. Hobbs

  • Series Title: Fundamentals of Naval Science Series

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-7370-4

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: United States Naval Institute 1981

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-011-7372-8Published: 27 August 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-011-7370-4Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 348

  • Number of Illustrations: 61 b/w illustrations, 38 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary

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