Developed in 1917 by pioneering small-craft enthusiast and Motor Boating magazine editor Charles F. Chapman, Chapman Piloting
covers the gamut of information that both the fledgling boater and
seasoned mariner need to know. The 62nd edition includes fully updated
sections on navigation with satellite technology, procedures for
emergencies, and maritime laws and regulations. In addition to the
thorough chapters on boating basics, safety, the art of seamanship,
waves and weather, piloting and navigation, electronic equipment, and
the boating community, subjects are wonderfully illustrated,
cross-referenced, and supplemented by a comprehensive glossary of
boating terms. Without question, Chapman Piloting
remains a standard text for boating schools and has long stood as a
ready and dependable first mate in wheelhouses of powerboaters and
sailboaters alike. --Byron Ricks