[jbarros]

>What books would you recomend to read about
>navigation? Also which sextants would you
>consider good quality? Thanks

Well, from one amature to another.... (yes, thats a disclaimer)

So far, the two best resources I''ve found on celestial navigation are in order:

1.) the head of my local YC, who has taken the time to help me out with it a bit, and
2.) Chapter 9 of William F. Buckley jr.''s book "Airborne" in which he pauses in the telling of his transatlantic tail so as to give a 20 page disertation on celestial navigation. Reading this gave me enough of a jump start that I was able to get a rough fix, and from there, I''ve been playing, and bugging the head of my YC.


As for a sextant, I''ve been using a cheap plastic one and been getting fixes which are good enough for me to navigate by.

My best advice would probibly be (and this is the first time I''ve been able to say this in a while) do exactly what I''m doing. Find someone who knows what they''re doing, borrow thier gear, and have them teach you.

Then get your own stuff and go from there (thats next for me)

-- James