It all started in the World War II era, when Harold Gatty wrote his famous "Raft Book" for im­periled servicemen at sea. Several book variations followed, culminating with Burch's 1st edition of Emergency Navigation.

Every sailor knows that instru­ments can fail. Things get wet, break, fall overboard. Whether you’re safe on your boat or drifting in a life raft, this book shows you how to find your way no matter what navigational equipment you have. Often relying on common materials like a small stick, a plastic bottle, even a pair of sunglasses, it explains how to make use of all available means--from the ancient skills of Polynesian navigators to the contrails of air­liners overhead--to calculate speed, direction, latitude, and longitude and to perform all aspects of piloting and dead reckoning. You will Learn to:

• Steer by sun, stars, wind, and swells
• Estimate current and leeway
• Make a knotmeter or plumb-bob sextant
• Find the sun in a fogbank
• Find latitude with a plate and a knotted string
• And more vital information

This book updates the very popular 1st edition, and adds some modern technology touches. SC, 2008 2nd Ed., 268 pgs. SW 1.1 lbs