March/April Issue 260: Schooner Adix
Residents of Greenport, N.Y., a small maritime village on the northeast end of Long Island, have been watching all sorts of sailing ships come and go over the past couple hundred years.
Celestial navigation series, part 10
In this installment, we’ll cover how to reduce a planet sight; we’ll include a step-by-step breakdown of how to reduce star and planet sights, and we will also include a star sight problem to solve as a way to review what you learned in the last installment.
Review problem: Star sight
In this problem, you'll need to reduce the sight and plot the LP.
January/February Issue 259: Santa Maria
In its day — more than 500 years ago — the nao (ship) Santa Maria embodied a sailing design that was as modern then as the fastest-designed sailboats are today.
Celestial navigation series, part nine
In this installment, we’ll cover how to reduce a star sight and how to use HO 249 Vol. 1 to precalcuate what stars will be available.
November/December Issue 258: Schooner Roseway
Although it fished on the Grand Banks, still holding the record of catching 74 swordfish in one day — with harpoon — the schooner Roseway wasn’t built as a commercial vessel.
Celestial navigation series, part eight
In this installment, we’ll cover running fixes and the hierarchy of positions from dead reckoning position to multiple simultaneous lines of position fixes.
September/October Issue 257: Vagabonding under sail
While he is best remembered as the designer of a host of famous yachts including the Westsail, Pacific Seacraft, Cabo Rico, Dana 24 and Columbia, English-born W.I.B. Crealock (1920-2009) began his love affair with sailboats in 1948 when he and three friends sailed from England to British Guiana.
July/August Issue 256: On the hunt for 80 years
Charles W. Morgan is the last remaining American whaling ship of a fleet that once numbered over 2,000 vessels.
Celestial navigation series, part seven
In this installment, we’ll cover the HO 249 sight reduction tables and how to plot a line of position (LOP).
The wandering magnetic pole
The Earth’s Magnetic North Pole, where the lines of magnetic force enter the Earth perpendicular to the globe’s surface, is actually a wandering location.
Celestial navigation series, part six
In this installment, we’ll cover time, time zones and the Nautical Almanac.
