SAILING GLACIER GEM
 

This is a PDF showing the calculations we used for a lunar distance practice sight taken on December 4. The sight showed that our watch...

These are the worksheets from our January 9th running fix showed in Episode 8. A running fix is two or more sights taken at different...

We recently had the opportunity to take a three star sight at morning nautical twilight. Our reduction method was HO 229. The resulting...

Sometimes sailing is very technical. This post is an example of one of those technical subjects. If your eyes are about to glaze over,...

The downfall with celestial navigation is that it needs to be sunny! It’s been overcast for several days. We can do accurate coastal...

The winter solstice was yesterday. The sun is now northbound! Even though we are land-bound during the schooner overhaul, we still...