The Vancouver Chapter is pleased to offer a seven-week celestial navigation course instructed by Malcolm Wilkinson
To quote Wikipedia, here’s the benefit:
“The sextant is not dependent upon electricity (unlike many forms of modern navigation) or for that matter anything reliant on human-controlled signals (such as GPS satellites). For these reasons it is considered to be an eminently practical back-up navigation tool for ships. The sextant allows celestial objects to be measured relative to the horizon, rather than relative to the instrument. This allows excellent precision — day or night.”
Please join us in this easy-to-follow course where the assumed complexities are made clear.
Instructor:
Malcolm Wilkinson has been sailing for over 65 years and has been using celestial navigation for over 50 years. Malcolm raced sailboats successfully for many years, both locally and offshore before sailing with his wife Darcy, some 16,000 nautical miles to the South Pacific and return aboard their 44ft sloop, Meridian Passage II. He is passionate about and has taught many celestial navigation courses to BCA members.