Small Craft Piloting and Coastal Navigation

An invaluable aid for students of the art and science of navigation, whether they be novices setting out with their very first boat or mariners with long experience at sea. It is the first book on this difficult subject to provide extensive illustrations and charts, over 200 in all, in order to help the reader fully grasp the principles of navigation and fully understand the consequences of not knowing these principles well. With this visual support, the text clearly presents all the information required to power a launch through inland waters or sail a yacht along the ocean coast.

"Having cruised through Saunders' Laws of Navigation, truisms and other quotations (this book) is now a must addtion to my nautical library….every small craft operator should be interested in this easy to read book." [Chief Commander (Ret) George M. Bruce, N, Canadian Power Squadron. Past Commodore, Toronto Humber Yacht Club.} "The early chapters literally take the novice and would-be sailor by the hand… The later chapters serve as an excellent referene guide for the more advance boater. Most books on coastal piloting describe at the most tow or three methods of fixing your position; this book presents a vast array of methods, some familiar, some new. It is the most comprehensive treatment of the subject I have seen under one cover." Icommander (Ret) A. E. Betche, N, Keswick Power Squadron. (Navigator for a three-man crew that sailed a 34' boat from Canada to Finland.} "Mr Saunders' handling of the magnetic compass, a most ingeniouis and indispensable instrument is excellent…he takes you through compass errors and correction and compilation of a deviation card in a most understandable and comprehensive manner. [The] drawings and illustrations are easily understood and I feel that htisis an instructional book that promises to be a standard work, coming as it does from the pen of a dedicated and meticulous sailor…a book of this calibre has been sorely needed." {Captain A.A. F. Hodge, Royal Navy, Royal Canadian Navy, Canadian Coast Guard Retired} "A well-written and compiled book. Its logical progress through the steps of piloting, in combination with the illustrations, produces a text that is long overdue."