Lawrence Hosken: Departures: Celestial Navigation

Abstract

In August of 1999, I went sailing. I went on a ship aboard the schooner Adventuress along with many other members of the Sierra Club. While Sound Experience, the organization that runs the Adventuress, did a great job, I learned to loathe my fellow passengers--not all of them, but enough.

Contents

Part Zero

NAVSAT, Internal Landmarks, GPS, Southern Stars

Part One

Map, Celestial, Celestial Watch, Graph

Part Two

Graph with BSP, Sonic Navigation And Ranging, Celestial Navigation

Part Three

Navigation of Obstacles, Following Sirius, Hazards of Celestial Navigation

Disclaimer

While I was writing this travelogue, I got distracted for a couple of months. When I recovered from the distraction, I had lost my notes. Thus, I'm pretty sketchy on a lot of the details of this voyage.