The Lo-Tech Navigator.The Lo-Tech Navigator Tony Crowley Seafarer Books c/o Sheridan House Inc. 145 Palisade St., Dobbs Ferry Dobbs Ferry, village (1990 pop. 9,940), Westchester co., SE N.Y., on the Hudson River, a suburb of New York City; inc. 1873. It is mostly residential but has light industries and research facilities. , NY 10522 1574091913 $17.95 1-888-743-7425 The Lo-Tech Navigator is a straightforward and practical guide to navigating at sea without the use of modern computers and advanced navigational devices. Such devices are useful, but sometimes they fail; and sometimes sailors SAILORS. Seamen, mariners. Vide Mariners; Seamen; Shipping Articles. can't afford such tools to begin with. The Lo-Tech Navigator discusses how to build and use simple compasses, sextants, and other simple tools that can cultivate cul·ti·vate tr.v. cul·ti·vat·ed, cul·ti·vat·ing, cul·ti·vates 1. a. To improve and prepare (land), as by plowing or fertilizing, for raising crops; till. b. navigational skills while saving hundreds of dollars. The basic mathematical formulas for calculating such things as longitude longitude (lŏn`jĭt  d'), angular distance on the earth's surface measured along any latitude line such as the equator east or west of the prime meridian. are described with examples. Color photographs and poetry releated to seafaring sprinkle amid this superb resource, recommended for all sea voyagers--it's always good to back up one's aids and gadgets with good old-fashioned knowledge.
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